Look up: Sweetbread

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   Sweetbread
   Sweetbread is the name given to the pancreas, or thymus of the calf or lamb used as a food.
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   sweetbread
   [n] - edible glands of an animal
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   Sweetbread
   Sweet'bread` noun 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.) The pancreas.
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   sweetbread
   1. Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, or throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, especially. Of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus. ... 2. <anatomy> The pancreas. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   sweetbread
   sweetbreads noun edible glands of an animal
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   Sweetbread
   `Sweetbreads` is the name of a dish made of the thymus gland or pancreas of an animal younger than one year old. These animals are usually lambs or calves. According to Four Story Hill Farms, no American slaughterhouse has processed pancreas for chefs in over forty years. Larousse, published in Europe, says the pancreas is rarely used. The pancreas is often sold to the pharmaceutical industry. The two organs have very different biological functi...
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   Sweetbread
   • (n.) Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, / throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus. • (n.) The pancreas.
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   sweetbread
   (from the article `offal`) ...In nutritional terms, several variety meats are richer in certain vitamins, minerals, and forms of protein than muscle tissue; calf`s liver, for ...
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