DEFINITIONS

mountain oyster

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noun

the testis of a calf, sheep, pig, etc., used as food.

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Words related to mountain oyster

heart, marrow, stomach, tongue, tripe, brains, chitlins, chitterlings, giblets, gizzard, kidneys, liver, pancreas, sweetbread, testis, thymus

Words nearby mountain oyster

mountain magnolia, mountain mahogany, mountain man, mountain maple, mountain mint, mountain oyster, mountain range, mountain rosebay, mountain sandwort, mountain sheep, mountain sickness
Compare prairie oyster.

Origin of mountain oyster

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Also called Rocky Mountain oyster.
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