Look up: Sweetbread

1. sweetbread
   [n] - edible glands of an animal
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2. 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 P...
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3. 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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4. sweetbread
   sweetbreads noun edible glands of an animal
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5. 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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6. 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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7. Sweetbread
   Sweetbread is the name given to the pancreas, or thymus of the calf or lamb used as a food.
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8. Sweetbread
   `Sweetbreads` or `ris` are culinary names for the thymus (throat, gullet, or neck sweetbread) or the pancreas (heart, stomach, or belly sweetbread) especially of the calf (ris de veau) and lamb (ris d`agneau) (although beef and pork sweetbreads are also eaten). Various other glands use...
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