Sweetbread
noun
1.
Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
2.
Also called neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread. the thymus gland of such an animal, used for food.
noun
1.
the pancreas (stomach sweetbread) or the thymus gland (neck or throat sweetbread) of an animal, used for food
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