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milts

milts is the plural of milt.

milts is the alternative form of miltz.

Meaning of milt

Noun

milt (countable and uncountable, plural milts)

  1. (countable) The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
    • we see that certaine apprehensions engender a blushing-red colour, others a palenesse; that some imagination doth only worke in the milt, another in the braine[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    spleen, lien
  2. The semen of a male fish.
    Synonyms:
    soft roe, white roe
  3. The engorged testis containing a filled reservoir of mature spermatozoa in a male fish.

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Meaning of miltz

Noun

miltz (uncountable)

  1. The spleen of an animal used as food.

Questions about milts

What is milts the plural of?
Milts is the plural of milt.

Words near milts in the dictionary

  1. Miltonvale
  2. Miltonvale Park
  3. Miltos
  4. Miltown
  5. Miltowns
  6. milts
  7. miltsick
  8. miltsiekte
  9. miltwaste
  10. miltwastes
  11. miltwort

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