eviscerated, entrails, woodcock

Food Lover's Companion: woodcock

A small, plump game bird with a rich, dark flesh. The American woodcock is smaller than the Eurasian species. Woodcocks are typically roasted without being eviscerated, as the entrails are considered a delicacy.

American Woodcock

eviscerate Hide phonetics
verb [T] SPECIALIZED
to remove one or all of the organs from the inside of a body


entrails Hide phonetics
plural noun
the intestines and other inside organs of an animal or person, when they are outside the body:
pig entrails
FIGURATIVE The sofa's entrails (= pieces of material from inside) were sticking out in places.