entrails
Entrails are defined as the inner parts of something, or the inner organs and intestines of a person or animal.
(noun)When a wolf kills an animal and tears him open and begins to eat his inner organs and intestines, the wolf is eating an example of entrails.
See entrails in Webster's New World College Dictionary
plural noun
- the inner organs of humans or animals; specif., the intestines; viscera; guts
- the inner parts of a thing
Origin: ME & OFr entrailles < ML intralia < L interanea, pl. of interaneum, intestine < interaneus, internal < inter, between: see inter-
See entrails in American Heritage Dictionary 4
plural noun
- The internal organs, especially the intestines; viscera.
- Internal parts: “sidewalk repair shops, where the entrails of bicycles and cars and motorcycles are spread, mechanics poring over them” (Alan Cowell).
Origin:
Origin: From Middle English entraille
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Medieval Latin intrālia
Origin: , alteration of Latin interānea
Origin: , from
Origin: neuter pl. of interāneus, internal
Origin: , from inter, within; see en in Indo-European roots
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