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giblets
CIDE DICTIONARY
giblets, n. pl. [OE. gibelet, OF. gibelet game: cf. F. gibelotte stewed rabbit. Cf. Gibbier.].
The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
giblets, n.pl. the liver, gizzard, neck, etc., of a bird, usu. removed and kept separate when the bird is prepared for cooking.
Etymology
OF gibelet game stew, perh. f. gibier game
THESAURUS
giblets
abatis, abdomen, anus, appendix, blind gut, bowels, brain, brains, breast, cecum, chicken foot, chitterlings, cockscomb, colon, dark meat, drumstick, duodenum, foregut, gizzard, guts, haslet, heart, hindgut, innards, inner mechanism, insides, internals, intestine, inwards, jejunum, kidney, kidneys, kishkes, large intestine, leg, liver, liver and lights, lung, marrow, midgut, neck, oyster, perineum, pump, pylorus, rectum, small intestine, spleen, stomach, sweetbread, thigh, ticker, tongue, tripe, tripes, turkey foot, vermiform appendix, viscera, vitals, white meat, wing, wishbone, worksFor further exploring for "giblets" in Webster Dictionary Online