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The “contents” are bowel, omental fat, or, in children, an ovary.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Nevertheless, the third yearling inspected still had back fat, and a 3�-year-old doe had heavy omental, renal, heart, and back fat during the same period.

From Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota by Frenzel, L. D.

Lymphangiomas are met with in the abdomen in the form of omental cysts.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

In one case where a wolf was interrupted while feeding it was apparent that the animal had been stripping the omental fat from the carcass.

From Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota by Frenzel, L. D.

The hard bodies proved to be on one side an irreducible omental hernia, probably congenital, and on the other a hardened mass having no glandular structure.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)