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1. (n.) sweetbread
the thymus or, sometimes, the pancreas of a young animal, esp. a calf or lamb, used for food.
Etymology: (1555–65)
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1. (noun) sweetbread, sweetbreads
edible glands of an animal
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1. (noun) sweetbread
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
2. (noun) sweetbread
the pancreas
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