The liver of an animal used as food, medicine, an object of divination, etc.; (as a mass noun) the tissue of an animal's liver as food.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > glands (9) liverOE The liver of an animal used as food, medicine, an object of divination, etc.; (as a mass noun) the tissue of an animal's liver as food. kidneyc1325 One of a pair of glandular organs situated in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles… singular. rys lumbard?c1390 Cookery. In certain Anglo-Norman names of dishes as leche lumbard (see leach, n.1 2); frutour lumbard; rys lumbard. Also in lombard pie n. (see lumbe… fee14.. The liver. sweetbread1565 The pancreas, or the thymus gland, of an animal, esp. as used for food (distinguished respectively as heart sweetbread, stomach sweetbread, or belly… burr1573 The sweet-bread of a calf, sheep, etc. gut-bread1893 sweetbread, pancreas. miltz1909 The spleen of an animal. Cf. milt, n. prairie oyster1941 A calf's testicle, cooked and eaten as a delicacy. |
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