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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'" [syn: viscera, entrails, innards]

Merriam Webster's

noun plural Etymology: Middle English entrailles, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin intralia, alteration of Latin interanea, plural of interaneum intestine, from neuter of interaneus interior Date: 14th century 1. bowels, viscera; broadly internal parts 2. the inner workings of something <the entrails of the movie industry>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n.pl. 1 the bowels and intestines of a person or animal. 2 the innermost parts (entrails of the earth). Etymology: ME f. OF entrailles f. med.L intralia alt. f. L interaneus internal f. inter among

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Entrails En"trails, n. pl. [F. entrailles, LL. intralia, intranea, fr. interaneum, pl. interanea, intestine, interaneus inward, interior, fr. inter between, among, within. See Internal.] 1. The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines. 2. The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth. That treasure . . . hid the dark entrails of America. --Locke.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

The entrails of people or animals are their inside parts, especially their intestines. = innards N-PLURAL

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. pl. Intestines, bowels, viscera, inwards, guts.

Moby Thesaurus

abdomen, anus, appendix, blind gut, bowels, brain, cecum, colon, duodenum, endocardium, foregut, giblets, gizzard, guts, heart, hindgut, innards, inner mechanism, insides, internals, intestine, intestines, inwards, jejunum, kidney, kishkes, large intestine, liver, liver and lights, lung, midgut, perineum, pluck, pump, pylorus, rectum, small intestine, spleen, stomach, stuffing, ticker, tripes, vermiform appendix, viscera, vitals, works