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in⋅nards

   [in-erdz]
–noun (used with a plural verb)
1. the internal parts of the body; entrails or viscera.
2. the internal mechanism, parts, structure, etc., of something; the interior of something: an engine's innards.
Origin:
1815–25; var. of inwards, n. use of inward
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in·nards     (ĭn'ərdz)  Pronunciation Key 
pl.n.   Informal
  1. Internal bodily organs; viscera.
  2. The inner parts, as of a machine.


[Alteration of inwards, pl. of inward.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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innards 
1825, dial. variant of inwards "the bowels."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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innards

noun
internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "'viscera' is the plural form of 'viscus'" [syn: viscera] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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