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sav·eloy (sav′ə lo̵i′)

noun

a highly seasoned, dried English sausage

Etymology: altered < Fr cervelas < MFr cervelat < It cervellata, assoc. with cervello, the brains, used in making it (< L cerebellum: see cerebellum); orig., however, prob. a deer-meat sausage < cervo, stag < L cervus: see cervid

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