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entrails

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en·trails  (ntrlz, -trlz)
pl.n.
1. The internal organs, especially the intestines; viscera.
2. Internal parts: "sidewalk repair shops, where the entrails of bicycles and cars and motorcycles are spread, mechanics poring over them" (Alan Cowell).

[From Middle English entraille, from Old French, from Medieval Latin intrlia, alteration of Latin internea, from neuter pl. of interneus, internal, from inter, within; see en in Indo-European roots.]

entrails
Noun, pl
1. the internal organs of a person or animal; intestines
2. the innermost parts of anything [Latin interanea intestines]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.entrailsentrails - internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'"
internal organ, viscus - a main organ that is situated inside the body

entrails
plural noun intestines, insides (informal) guts, bowels, offal, internal organs, innards (informal) vital organs, viscera
Translations
entrails [ˈɛntreɪlz] nplentrañas fpl;
(US) (= offal); asadura sg; menudos mpl

entrails [ˈɛntreɪlz] nplentrailles fpl

entrails [ˈɛntreɪlz] nplEingeweide pl

entrails [ˈɛntreɪlz] nplinteriora fpl

entrails
n pl entrails [ˈentreilz]
the internal parts of the body, especially the intestines a chicken's entrails. derms أمْعاء، أحْشاء вътрешности vnitřnosti indvolde die Eingeweide (pl.) εντόσθια (πληθ.) entrañas sisikond دل و روده؛ بخش درونی sisälmykset entrailles מֵעַיים आंत utroba, crijeva belső részek jeroan innyfli, iður interiora 内臓 내장 žarnos, viduriai iekšas isi perut ingewanden innvoller wnętrzności entranhas maţe внутренности vnútornosti drobovje iznutrice inälvor อวัยวะภายในของคนและสัตว์ iç organlar, bağırsaklar 內臟 нутрощі, кишки انسان یا حیوان کا اندرونہ lòng 内脏


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They viciously snapped, not only at each other's disembowelments, but like flexible bows, bent round, and bit their own; till those entrails seemed swallowed over and over again by the same mouth, to be oppositely voided by the gaping wound.
The worthy father had soon a satisfactory proof of the truth of their information, for the very place was found where a rock had burst and exploded from its entrails a stony mass, like a bomb-shell, and of the size of a bull's heart.
They had curled-hair works for the cattle tails, and a "wool pullery" for the sheepskins; they made pepsin from the stomachs of the pigs, and albumen from the blood, and violin strings from the ill-smelling entrails.
 
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