sweetbread

The thymus gland or pancreas of a young animal, especially a calf or lamb, used for food.

The pancreas of an animal, used for food; also, the thymus gland so used. Butchers distinguish the two, the former being the stomach-sweetbread, the latter the neck-sweetbread or throat-sweetbread.

A bribe or douceur.

A part of the lobster taken from the thorax for canning.

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.

The pancreas.

The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.

edible glands of an animal