noun
suet
Suet (noun) means the hard fat found around an animal's kidneys, used in cooking.
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The hard fat found around an animal's kidneys, used in cooking.
"Some jays, chickadees, nuthatches, and titmice regularly feed at suet; others seem never to indulge."
— Alan Pistorius, Everything You Need to Know About Birding and Backyard Bird Attraction (1998)
"Many seed-eating birds also need animal fat and protein which they obtain from insects, animal carcasses, and suet."
— Laura Erickson, Sharing the Wonder of Birds with Kids (1996)
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Etymology
Came into English as Middle English suet, sewet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suet, siuet, from Old French seu, from Latin sebum.
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"suet" (noun) means the hard fat found around an animal's kidneys, used in cooking.
