sweetbread

Significado (Inglés)

1. The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.
2. Any of various other glands used as food, including the parotid gland, sublingual glands, ovaries, and testicles.

Conceptos

molleja

lechecillas

pedrero

lechecilla

Sinónimos

sweetbreads

pancreas

thymus gland

ventriculus

gastric mill

neck sweetbread

throat sweetbread

bun

gigerium

thymus

Traducciones

ris

Kalbsbries

Kalbsmilch

animelle

ris de veau

Brieschen

animella

zwezerik

Bries

moleja

kursak

mide

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Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈswiːtbɹɛd/

Etimología (Inglés)

Apparently from sweet + bread, though the reason is not immediately evident. Possibly connected with Dutch zwezerik, whose etymology is also unclear.