entrails

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If the magpie did not cause failure, at all events it foretold it; and the look of the entrails was an omen of the gain or loss of the battle Again, a merely fanciful resemblance is a sufficient association to establish actual connection.

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  1. plural noun The internal organs, especially the intestines; viscera.
  2. plural noun Internal parts: "sidewalk repair shops, where the entrails of bicycles and cars and motorcycles are spread, mechanics poring over them” (Alan Cowell).

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  1. 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 Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also entrals, entralls, intrails, intrals; from Middle English entraile (singular, rare), from Old French entraille, usually in plural entrailles, French entrailles = Provencal intralias, from Middle Latin intralia (neuter plural of *intralis), equivalent to Old French entraigne = Spanish entrañas = Portuguese entranhas, plural, = Italian entragno, singular, from Middle Latin intrania, intranea, for L. interanea, plural of interaneum, intestine, neuter of interaneus, interior, internal, inward, from inter, in the midst: see inter-, enter-.
 

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