Offal vs. Viscus — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Offal and Viscus
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Offal
Offal (), also called variety meats, pluck or organ meats, is the organs of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of edible organs, which varies by culture and region, but usually excludes muscle.
Viscus
Singular of viscera.
Offal
The entrails and internal organs of an animal used as food
Beef offal
Eating pieces of braised offal turned his stomach
A ban on infective offals being fed to pigs
Viscus
(anatomy) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
Offal
Waste material or byproducts from a manufacturing process.
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Viscus
The intestines.
Offal
Meat, including internal organs (such as liver, heart, or kidney) and extremities (such as tail or hooves), that has been taken from a part other than skeletal muscles. Also called variety meat.
Viscus
One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; - especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
Offal
Refuse; rubbish.
Viscus
A main organ that is situated inside the body
Offal
The internal organs of an animal, used as food.
Offal
A by-product of the grain milling process, which may include bran, husks, etc.
Offal
A dead body; carrion.
Offal
That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
Offal
The rejected or waste parts of any process, especially the inedible parts of a butchered animal, such as the viscera.
Offal
A dead body; carrion.
Offal
That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
The offals of other professions.
Offal
Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans
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