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lights
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lights  (lts)
pl.n.
The lungs, especially the lungs of an animal slaughtered for food.

[Middle English lightes, from light, light in weight (from the lightness of the lungs compared to other organs); see light2.]

lights
Noun, pl
the lungs of sheep, bullocks, and pigs, used for feeding pets [because of the light weight of the lungs]


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