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Webster 1913 Edition
Gizzard
1.
(Anat.)
The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals.
(b)
A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks.
Gizzard shad
(Zool.)
, an American herring (
– Dorosoma cepedianum
) resembling the shad, but of little value. To fret the gizzard
, to harass; to vex one’s self; to worry.
[Low]
Hudibras.
– To stick in one's gizzard
, to be difficult of digestion; to be offensive.
[Low]
Webster 1828 Edition
Gizzard
GIZ'ZARD
,Noun.
To fret the gizzard, to harass; to vex one's self, or to be vexed.
Definition 2024
gizzard
gizzard
English
Noun
gizzard (plural gizzards)
- A portion of the esophagus of either a bird or an annelid that contains ingested grit and is used to grind up ingested food before it is transferred to the stomach.
Derived terms
- gizzard shad
- fret the gizzard
- stick in one's gizzard
Translations
portion of the esophagus with ingested grit
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