ENTRAILS: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'entreylz
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| Matching Terms: | | Entrail
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'" |
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| | Synonyms: | | innards, viscera |
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| | See Also: | | internal organ, viscus | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En"trails\, n. pl. [F. entrailles, LL. intralia,
intranea, fr. interaneum, pl. interanea, intestine,
interaneus inward, interior, fr. inter between, among,
within. See {Internal}.]
1. The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts;
viscera; intestines.
2. The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth.
That treasure . . . hid the dark entrails of
America. --Locke.
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| | Related Terms: | | abdomen, anus, appendix, blind gut, bowels, brain, cecum, colon, duodenum, endocardium, foregut, giblets, gizzard, guts, heart, hindgut, innards, inner mechanism, insides, internals, intestine, intestines, inwards, jejunum, kidney, kishkes, large intestine, liver, liver and lights, lung, midgut, perineum, pluck, pump, pylorus, rectum, small intestine, spleen, stomach, stuffing, ticker, tripes, vermiform appendix, viscera, vitals, works |
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