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Meaning of Milt | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
mɪlt

Definitions

  1. The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
    countable
  2. The semen of a male fish.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The engorged testis containing a filled reservoir of mature spermatozoa in a male fish.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية طحال لقح
Deutsch Fischmilch Milch
Español lecha
Suomi maiti
Français laitance laite
Gaeilge lábán péire
Gàidhlig mealg
Íslenska svil
Italiano lattume
日本語 白子
한국어 어백 이리 지라
Kurdî sût şût
Nederlands hom
Polski mlecz
Português láctea leita
Русский молока моло́ки
Svenska mjölke
Türkçe balık sütü süt
Українська селезінка

Examples

“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[…].”
“Cancer, or the Crab, commandeth the Stomach, Limbs, Arteries, Milt, Liver and Gall.”
“Adam Kadmon had pneumonia. Friar Goat cured it by tying a bullock’s milt to the soles of the lad’s feet, and burying the milt afterwards. Adam Kadmon immediately contracted the thrush.”

CEFR level

C2
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