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gizzard

/ˈɡɪzəd/US/ˈɡɪzɚd/

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gizzard noun: 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.

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Noun

gizzard (plural gizzards)

  1. 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.
    • As fortune has it, kingbirds, like owls, lack a grinding gizzard and regurgitate hard fragments from their meals.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, →ISBN, page 29
  2. (slang) The (human) stomach.
    • "Pushing a man's face into his own breakfast is beyond rules or reason, and deserves a punch in the gizzard."1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 51

gizzard meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian

gizzard in Tamil

அரைவை இரைப்பை, இரைப்பை, கோழியின் கடின இரைப்பை, கல்தேக்க இரைப்பை, கோழி இரைப்பை, அரைப்புப்பை

gizzard in Tagalog

portion of the esophagus with ingested grit
balun-balunan

gizzard in Arabic

portion of the esophagus with ingested grit
قَانِصَة qāniṣa

gizzard in Indonesian

portion of the esophagus with ingested grit
ampela
More languagesFewer languages
gizzard in Persian
سنگدان
gizzard in Thai
กึ๋น gʉ̌n
gizzard in Vietnamese
mề

Forms of gizzard

pluralgizzards

Origin of gizzard

From Middle English gyser, geser, from Old French gesier, giser et al. (French gésier), from Latin gigēria.

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Questions about gizzard

What does gizzard mean?
Gizzard means 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.
What is gizzard in Tamil?
Gizzard in Tamil is அரைவை இரைப்பை, இரைப்பை, கோழியின் கடின இரைப்பை. See Gizzard meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gizzard?
Gizzard is a noun.
How do you pronounce gizzard?
Gizzard is pronounced /ˈɡɪzəd/ (UK).
What is the plural of gizzard?
The plural of gizzard is gizzards.

Words near gizzard in the dictionary

  1. gizmotrons
  2. Gizo
  3. gizza
  4. gizzada
  5. gizzadas
  6. gizzard
  7. gizzard shad
  8. gizzard shads
  9. gizzard stone
  10. gizzard stones
  11. gizzardless

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