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catgut

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cat·gut  (ktgt)
n.
A tough thin cord made from the treated and stretched intestines of certain animals, especially sheep, and used for stringing musical instruments and tennis rackets and for surgical ligatures.
catgut
Noun
a strong cord made from dried animals' intestines, used to string musical instruments and sports rackets
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Noun1.catgutcatgut - perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
goat's rue, Tephrosia virginiana, wild sweet pea
hoary pea - a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods
2.catgut - a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery
gut
cord - a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord"
suture - thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together


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keeping my nerves at such a stretch that, if they had not resembled catgut, they would long ago have relaxed to the feebleness of Linton's.
Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context
Then, upon reflection, Erik went back to fetch the Punjab lasso, which is very curiously made out of catgut, and which might have set an examining magistrate thinking.
The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context
Many of them had a small canal extending from one extremity to the other, perfectly cylindrical, and of a size that readily admitted a coarse thread or a piece of fine catgut.
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