the membrane that encloses the fetus, the afterbirth , Lat. secundae: plural χόρια, ων, τά, a dish made by stuffing it with honey and milk , a kind of haggis , (Aristophanes Comicus): proverbial, χαλεπὸν χορίω (doric genitive) κύνα γεῦσαι "don't let a dog taste blood, " (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (cf. Horace, canis a corio nunquam absterrebitur uncto). (ML)