mountain oyster

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noun

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

Compare prairie oyster.

Origin of mountain oyster

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Also called Rocky Mountain oyster.

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Related Words for mountain oyster

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