sweet·bread /ˈswitˌbrɛd/
小牛,小羊的胰臟或胸腺
Sweet·bread n.
1. Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck sweetbread 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.
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sweetbread
n : edible glands of an animal [syn: sweetbreads]