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Webster 1913 Edition


Gizzard

Giz′zard

,
Noun.
[F.
gésier
, 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.
(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.
The strong musculus stomach of a fowl.
To fret the gizzard, to harass; to vex one's self, or to be vexed.

Definition 2024


gizzard

gizzard

English

Noun

gizzard (plural gizzards)

  1. 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

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