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The udder of a sow, which was regarded as a great dainty by Roman gourmets, especially when taken from an animal that had just littered and before the teats had been sucked (Pliny , Pliny H. N. xi. 84; Mart.xiii. 44).

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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.84
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 13.44
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