SINCE 1828
meat by-product
nounDefinition of meat by-product
: a usable product other than flesh (see flesh sense 1a) obtained from slaughter animals including edible organ meats and various inedible products (as hair, bone, or fertilizer)
—distinguished especially in legal and commercial usage from meat
(see meat sense 3a(2))
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