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kidney definition

kid·ney (kid′nē)

noun pl. kidneys -·neys

  1. either of a pair of glandular organs in the upper abdominal cavity of vertebrates, which separate water and waste products of metabolism from the blood and excrete them as urine through the bladder
  2. the kidney of an animal, used as food
    1. disposition; temperament
    2. class; kind; sort

Etymology: ME kidenei < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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