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Gizzard

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Noun

1. gastric mill, gizzard, ventriculus

thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food

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Gizzard

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noun
1. 
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
2. 
a similar structure in many invertebrates
3. informal
the stomach and entrails generally

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Gizzard

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noun
1. 
the second stomach of a bird: it has thick muscular walls and a tough lining for grinding food that has been partially digested in the first stomach
2.  Informal
the stomach
a humorous usage

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Gizzard

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n.
1. A modified muscular pouch behind the stomach in the digestive tract of birds, having a thick lining and often containing ingested grit that aids in the breakdown of seeds and other hard materials by grinding them down before digestion.
2. A similar digestive organ found in certain invertebrates, such as the earthworm.

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