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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gizzard \Giz"zard\, n. [F. g['e]sier, L. gigeria, pl., the cooked entrails of poultry. Cf {Gigerium}.] 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gizzard n : thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food [syn: {ventriculus}, {gastric mill}]
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