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entrails

Pronunciation: /ˈɛntreɪlz/

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Definition of entrails

noun

a person’s or animal’s intestines or internal organs, especially when removed or exposed: a priest would find omens in the steaming entrails of a sacrificed animal
the innermost parts of something:digging copper out of the entrails of the earth

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French entrailles, from medieval Latin intralia, alteration of Latin interanea 'internal things', based on inter 'among'