Thesaurus: gizzard

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1. n. 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. n. A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals.
3. n. A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks.
4. n. thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
5. 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. (Zoöl.) (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 (Zoöl.), 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]
6. The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which thefood is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandularstomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium.
7. n:100 n. thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food