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gizzard
[ giz-erd ]
noun
- Also called ventriculus. a thick-walled, muscular pouch in the lower stomach of many birds and reptiles that grinds food, often with the aid of ingested stones or grit.
- Also called gastric mill. a similar structure in the foregut of arthropods and several other invertebrates, often lined with chitin and small teeth.
- the innards or viscera collectively, especially the intestine and stomach.
gizzard
/ ˈɡɪə /
noun
- the thick-walled part of a bird's stomach, in which hard food is broken up by muscular action and contact with grit and small stones
- a similar structure in many invertebrates
- informal.the stomach and entrails generally
gizzard
/ ĭ′ə /
- A muscular pouch behind the stomach in birds. It has a thick lining and often contains swallowed sand or grit, which helps in the mechanical breakdown of food.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gizzard1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gizzard1
Example Sentences
A pathology examination found an air-gun pellet in his gizzard and high concentrations of lead in his liver and bone.
Moses also took after his mother and his aunt with his love of cooking, she said; his specialty was fried chicken gizzards.
Like its fellow enantiornithines, and unlike modern birds, it does not appear to have a digestive organ called a gizzard, or gastric mill, that helped it crush up its food.
Grit: As chickens do not have teeth, they eat sand and small stones to fill their gizzards.
But it was Meat Rats — and several instances of selling misbranded chicken gizzards, pork spareribs and other meat — that put an end to Ya Feng, which ceased operations at the end of 2022.
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