calf's liver

  • 1calf's liver — noun liver of a calf used as meat • Syn: ↑calves liver • Hypernyms: ↑liver …

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  • 2Calf — For the back of the leg, see Calf (anatomy). For other uses, see Calf (disambiguation). A calf in the New Forest, England Calves (   …

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  • 3liver — The largest gland of the body, lying beneath the diaphragm in the right hypochondrium and upper part of the epigastric region; it is of irregular shape and weighs from 1–2 kg, or about 140 the weight of the body. As an exocrine gland it secretes …

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  • 4liver — noun 1 organ in the body ADJECTIVE ▪ diseased, enlarged, fatty ▪ healthy, normal ▪ donor ▪ a nationwide appeal for a donor liver …

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  • 5liver — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lifer; akin to Old High German lebra liver Date: before 12th century 1. a. a large very vascular glandular organ of vertebrates that secretes bile and causes important changes in many of the… …

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  • 6liver — I liv•er [[t]ˈlɪv ər[/t]] n. 1) anat. a large, reddish brown, glandular organ in vertebrates, located in the upper abdominal cavity and functioning in the secretion of bile and in essential metabolic processes 2) zool. this organ of an animal, as …

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  • 7calves' liver — noun liver of a calf used as meat • Syn: ↑calf s liver • Hypernyms: ↑liver …

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  • 8The Pretty Little Calf — is a Chinese fairy tale collected by Wolfram Eberhard in Folktales of China . [Wolfram Eberhard, Folktales of China p 41 The University of Chicago Press Chicago, 1956] ynopsisAn official without children left home to take up his post. His first… …

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  • 9Chopped liver — with egg Chopped liver is a spread popular in Jewish cuisine. It is often made by sautéeing or broiling liver and onions in schmaltz; adding hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, and grinding that mixture. However, other methods and materials exist …

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  • 10offal — /aw feuhl, of euhl/, n. 1. the parts of a butchered animal that are considered inedible by human beings; carrion. 2. the parts of a butchered animal removed in dressing; viscera. 3. refuse; rubbish; garbage. [1350 1400; ME, equiv. to of OFF + fal …

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