Sweetbread
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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. -
The thymus gland (or, rarely, the pancreas) of an animal, especially as used for food.
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the pancreas (= organ near the stomach) of a young sheep or cow, used as food
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