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giz·zard  (gzrd)

n.

1. A modified muscular pouch behind the stomach in the alimentary canal of birds, having a thick lining and often containing ingested grit that aids in the breakdown of seeds before digestion.

2. A similar digestive organ found in certain invertebrates, such as the earthworm.

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[Alteration of Middle English giser, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *gicrium, from Latin gigria, cooked entrails of poultry, probably from Persian jigar, liver; see yk^w in Indo-European roots.]

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gizzard

Noun

the part of a bird's stomach in which hard food is broken up [Old French guisier fowl's liver]

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gizzard  (gzrd)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gizzard - thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food gastric mill, ventriculus pouch, pocket - (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)