Fagoue is the French word that refers to animal's pancreas and sometimes to calf's sweetbreads, examples given by old French dictionaries are "veal sweetbreads", "thymus ou ris de veau ". Also defined as "thymus gland" or "ris de veau". In French it is defined as "Nom donné par les bouchers au thymus ou ris de veau" or "glandule au haut de ka potrine des animaux" Fagoue is also known as Baroque de Fagoue (pancreas, stomach sweetbread)