Gizzard
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɪzəd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gizzard is a noun meaning A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.
Meaning
A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.
More Meanings
- (slang) The (human) stomach.
Example Sentences
"Pushing a man's face into his own breakfast is beyond rules or reason, and deserves a punch in the gizzard."
As fortune has it, kingbirds, like owls, lack a grinding gizzard and regurgitate hard fragments from their meals.
Word Forms
- gizzards
Synonyms for gizzard
Depending on context, synonyms include ventriculus.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ventriculus, shad, gizard, gigerium, gaster, gorge.
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