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gur⋅ry

[gur-ee, guhr-ee]
–noun
the offal of fish or whales; the waste parts left over after cleaning fish.
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gur·ry   (gûr'ē, gŭr'ē)   
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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