Flesh

Flesh

In vertebrate animals, flesh is the colloquial term for biological tissue which consists of skeletal muscles and fat as opposed to bones, viscera and integuments. Flesh may be used as food, in which case it commonly is called meat.

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Famous quotes containing the word flesh:

    “The flesh of the weak is eaten by the strong.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much the soul as it is the flesh of a work.”
    —Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)

    “They have whetted their teeth against the stones,
    And now they pick the Bishop’s bones;
    They gnawed the flesh from every limb,
    For they were sent to do judgement on him!”
    —Robert Southey (1774–1843)