gurry

gurry
gurry [gʉr′ē ]
n.
< ?
fish offal, as from a fish cannery

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gur·ry (gûrʹē, gŭrʹē) n.
Fish offal.
  [Originally a whaling term for the refuse left over from processing whale blubber, perhaps from dialectal gurry, diarrhea.]

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