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The crop of a bird.

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  1. n. The crop of a bird.
  2. n. The stomach of an animal.
  3. n. a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
  4. (a) The crop of a bird. (b) The stomach of an animal.
  5. Any crustacean of the family Astacidæ, resembling the lobster,but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed verydelicate food both in Europe and America. The North American speciesare numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blindcrawfish of the Mamoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The commonEuropean species is Astacus fluviatilis.
  6. n:100 n. a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food