"mountain oyster" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-mountain oyster.ogg [Australia] Forms: mountain oysters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mountain oyster (plural mountain oysters)
  1. (slang) Hog testicles prepared as food. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-mountain_oyster-en-noun-3iiCuEc1
  2. (slang) Bull testicles, prepared as food. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-mountain_oyster-en-noun-cSmatjN3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Meats Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Meats: 6 94

Inflected forms

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