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1. (n.) gizzard
a similar structure in the foregut of arthropods and annelids, often lined with chitin and small teeth.
2. gizzard
the innards or viscera collectively, esp. the intestine and stomach.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME giser < OF giser, gezier < VL *gigerium; cf. L gigeria, gizeria giblets, prob. ult. < Iranian)
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1. (noun) gizzard, ventriculus, gastric mill
thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
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1. (noun) gizzard
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
2. (noun) gizzard
a thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals
3. (noun) gizzard
a stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks
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