pl.n. 1. The internal organs, especially the intestines; viscera. 2. Internal parts: the entrails of a car engine. [From Middle English entraille, from Old French, from Medieval Latin intrālia, alteration of Latin interānea, from neuter pl. of interāneus, internal, from inter, within; see en in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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