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ˈgɪz ərdgiz·zard
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Princeton's WordNet
gizzard, ventriculus, gastric millnoun
thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
Wiktionary
gizzardnoun
A portion of the esophagus of either a bird or an annelid that contains ingested grit and is used to grind up ingested food before it is transferred to the stomach.
Etymology: From giser, gezier et al. (French gésier), from.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gizzardnoun
It is sometimes called gizzern.
Etymology: gesier, French; gigeria, Latin.
Fowls have two ventricles, and pick up stones to convey them into their second ventricle, the gizzerne. More.
In birds there is no mastication in the mouth; but in such as are not carnivorous, it is immediately swallowed into the crop, a kind of antestomach, where it is moistened by some proper juice from the glandules distilling in there, and thence transferred into the gizzard, or musculous stomach. John Ray.
Flutt’ring there they nestle near the throne,
And lodge in habitations not their own;
By their high crops and corny gizzards known. Dryden.But that which does them greatest harm,
Their spiritual gizzards are too warm;
Which puts the overheated sots
In fevers still. Hudibras, p. iii. cant. 11.Satisfaction and restitution lie so cursedly hard upon the gizzards of our publicans, that the blood in their veins is not half so dear to them as the treasure they have in their coffers. Roger L'Estrange.
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gizzard
A gizzard is a specialized stomach found in certain animals like birds, reptiles, earthworms, and some fish, characterized by its thick muscular walls used for grinding up food, often with the aid of tiny stones or grit swallowed for this purpose. In some species, this organ is highly adapted for nutrient absorption.
Webster Dictionary
Gizzardnoun
the second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium
Gizzardnoun
a thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals
Gizzardnoun
a stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks
Etymology: [F. gsier, L. gigeria, pl., the cooked entrails of poultry. Cf. Gigerium.]
Wikidata
Gizzard
The gizzard, also referred to as the ventriculus, gastric mill, and gigerium, is an organ found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs, earthworms, some gastropods and some fish. This specialized stomach constructed of thick, muscular walls is used for grinding up food; often rocks are instrumental in this process. In certain insects and mollusks, the gizzard features chitinous plates or teeth.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gizzard
giz′ard, n. the muscular stomach of a bird. [M. E. giser—O. Fr. gezier—L. gigerium, only in pl. gigeria, cooked entrails of poultry.]
Entomology
Gizzard
a pouch-like structure between the crop and chylific ventricle furnished with chitinous teeth or plates, in which the food is prepared for the digestive juices by grinding or merely sifting = cardia.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gizzard in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gizzard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of gizzard in a Sentence
I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; but I will not, for my content-sake, give it.
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- أحشاءArabic
- pedrerCatalan, Valencian
- volátko, voleCzech
- kråseDanish
- KaumagenGerman
- mollejaSpanish
- kivipiira, lihasmahaFinnish
- gésierFrench
- sgròbanScottish Gaelic
- कंठHindi
- zúzógyomor, zúzaHungarian
- fóarnIcelandic
- ventriglioItalian
- 砂嚢Japanese
- guzaLatvian
- spiermaagDutch
- gizzardNorwegian
- moelaPortuguese
- pipotaRomanian
- второ́й желу́докRussian
- желудац, želudacSerbo-Croatian
- muskelmageSwedish
- katı, taşlıkTurkish
- جھاڑوUrdu
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