gizzard
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gizzard
- /ˈɡɪzəd/ UK
- /ˈɡɪzɚd/ Canada, US
- /ˈɡɪzəd/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɪzə(ɹ)d
Where it comes from
From Middle English gyser, geser, from Old French gesier, giser et al. (French gésier), from Latin gigēria.
noun gizzards
- 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.
- The (human) stomach. "Pushing a man's face into his own breakfast is beyond rules or reason, and deserves a punch in the gizzard."
Translations
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noun portion of the esophagus with ingested grit
| Español | molleja |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 모래주머니 moraejumeoni |
| 日本語 | 砂嚢 |
| 中文 | 肫 zhūn |
| Kiswahili | firigisi |
| Português | moela |
| Français | gésier |
| Deutsch | Kaumagen |
| Italiano | ventriglio |
| Română | pipotă |
| Русский | второ́й желу́док vtorój želúdok, мускульный желудок muskulʹnyj želudok |
| Tiếng Việt | mề |
| العربية | قَانِصَة qāniṣa |
| עברית | קורקבן kurkevan |
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title = {gizzard},
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