SWEETBREAD

sweetbread, sweetbreads

(noun) edible glands of an animal

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

sweetbread (plural sweetbreads)

The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.

Synonyms

• (pancreas): belly sweetbread, gutbread, heart sweetbread, stomach sweetbread

• (thymus gland): gullet sweetbread, neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread

Source: Wiktionary

Sweet"bread`, n.

1. Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, or throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus.

2. (Anat.)

Definition: The pancreas.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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