What does proventriculus mean?
Proventriculus means (zoology) The part of the avian stomach, between the crop and the gizzard, that secretes digestive enzymes..
Proventriculus
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Meaning
(zoology) The part of the avian stomach, between the crop and the gizzard, that secretes digestive enzymes..
Definitions by Sense
- (zoology) The part of the avian stomach, between the crop and the gizzard, that secretes digestive enzymes.
- (zoology) A similar part of the digestive system in insects and myriapods.
Example Sentences
In fulmars, the proventriculus is very baggy, and has thick wrinkled walls lined with glands that excrete the waxy oil which courting birds pass to one another in small amounts, perhaps as a way of scent-marking their mate.
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Word Forms
- proventriculi
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In fulmars, the proventriculus is very baggy, and has thick wrinkled walls lined with glands that excrete the waxy oil which courting birds pass to one another in small amounts, perhaps as a way of scent-marking their mate.
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