sweetbread

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sweetbread
    n 1: edible glands of an animal [syn: {sweetbread},
         {sweetbreads}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sweetbread \Sweet"bread`\ (sw[=e]t"br[e^]d`), n.
   1. Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being
      called {neck sweetbread} or {throat sweetbread}, the
      latter {belly sweetbread}. The sweetbreads of ruminants,
      esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See
      {Pancreas}, and {Thymus}.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Anat.) The pancreas.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "sweetbread":
      abatis, brains, breast of veal, chitterlings, cockscomb,
      foie de veau, fricandeau, giblets, gizzard, haslet, heart, kidneys,
      liver, marrow, tongue, tripe, veal, veal cutlet, veau

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