| 单词 | mountain oyster |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain oyster mountain oyster n. the testicles of a calf, sheep, or other animal, used as food; lamb's fry; cf. prairie oyster n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > lamb > parts of grass lamb1697 mountain oyster1857 1857 Washington Star 21 July 2/2 Entrees... Vol au vent, a la financier; young chickens, Maryland style; mountain oysters, sauce royale [etc.]. 1937 A. Wynn in J. F. Dobie & M. C. Boatright Straight Texas 217 At branding time there was that delicacy known as the mountain oyster. 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) xi. 189 I have consumed mountain oysters and prairie dancers that are actually poetic. 1998 G. Vidal Smithsonian Inst. i. 18 I'm about to have me a pair of mountain oysters. < as lemmas |
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