Epiploon

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The caul or apron of the intestines; the great omentum; a quadruplicature of the peritoneum, hanging down in front of the intestines from the stomach and transverse colon.
  • noun. In entomology, the peculiar fatty substance in insects.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See omentum.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The omentum.
  • variant
    omentum