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:

    “He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.”
    —Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)

    “Sixteen. Her breasts
    round, round, and
    dark-nippled
    who now these two months long
    is bones and tatters of flesh in earth.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

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