Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sweetbread"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sweetbread \Sweet"bread`\, n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sweetbread
n : edible glands of an animal [syn: {sweetbreads}]
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