| gizzard | 1. <anatomy, ornithology> 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 oesophagus; the gigerium. 2. <marine biology> A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals. A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks. 3. <zoology> Gizzard shad, 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. To stick in one's gizzard, to be difficult of digestion; to be offensive. Origin: F. Gesier, L. Gigeria, pl, the cooked entrails of poultry. Cf. Gigerium. (19 Mar 1998) |
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Synonyms : Gizzards
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thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
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Further down in the digestive system is the gizzard, an organ which helps to grind down food into small chunks. Although a great deal of muscle is used to accomplish this objective, much of the fragmentation occurs as a result of small stones, or grit, that the bird has eaten. Birds must regularly ingest small amounts of pebbles or coarse sand to keep the gizzard working properly.
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The organ in the chicken that grinds up the whole grains and food a chicken eats
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The second part of a bird's stomach. 754
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The gizzard (also called the gastric mill) is the part of the stomach that grinds up food (usually tough plant material), often aided by gizzard rocks. Many birds have a gizzard, as did some dinosaurs. GIZZARD ROCKS Gizzard rocks are stones that some animals swallow and use to help grind up tough plant matter in their digestive system. They're also called gastroliths.
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