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Definitions for: Gizzard [n] thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
Webster (1913) Definition: Giz"zard, n. [F. g['e]sier, L. gigeria, pl., the
cooked entrails of poultry. Cf. Gigerium.]
1. (Anat.) 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. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate
animals.
(b) A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or
teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks.
Gizzard shad (Zo["o]l.), an American herring ({Dorosoma
cepedianum}) resembling the shad, but of little value.
To fret the gizzard, to harass; to vex one's self; to
worry. [Low] --Hudibras.
To stick in one's gizzard, to be difficult of digestion; to
be offensive. [Low]
Synonyms: gastric mill, ventriculus
See Also: pocket, pouch
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