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gigerium

gigerium noun: the gizzard of some birds.

Noun

gigerium (plural gigeria)

  1. The gizzard of some birds.
    • The gigerium, in situ, is far back in the abdomen, its middle about opposite the last rib and to the left side, lying nearly apposed to the abdominal parietes1874, Elliott Coues, Birds of the Northwest, LARUS ARGENTATUS, page 650

Forms of gigerium

pluralgigeria

Origin of gigerium

Latin gigeria (“(plural) the cooked entrails of poultry”).

Questions about gigerium

What does gigerium mean?
Gigerium means the gizzard of some birds.
What part of speech is gigerium?
Gigerium is a noun.
What is the plural of gigerium?
The plural of gigerium is gigeria.

Words near gigerium in the dictionary

  1. gigelira
  2. gigeliras
  3. Giger
  4. Gigeresque
  5. gigeria
  6. gigerium
  7. Gigers
  8. gigful
  9. gigfuls
  10. Gigg
  11. gigged

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