entrails Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity)
    viscera; innards.
    • `viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'

WordNet

En"trails noun plural
Etymology
F. entrailles, LL. intralia, intranea, fr. interaneum, pl. interanea, intestine, interaneus inward, interior, fr. inter between, among, within. See Internal.
Definitions
  1. The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines.
  2. The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth.
    That treasure . . . hid the dark entrails of America. Locke.

Webster 1913