Proventriculus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Proventriculus is a noun meaning (zoology) The part of the avian stomach, between the crop and the gizzard, that secretes digestive enzymes.
Meaning
(zoology) The part of the avian stomach, between the crop and the gizzard, that secretes digestive enzymes.
More Meanings
- (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.
Word Forms
- proventriculi
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ventriculus, proventricle, ventricle, antestomach, ventrum, parovarium.
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