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veal

/viːl/ noun

In Latin: vitulīna Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about veal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Meat from a calf.

Origin

From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.

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