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gizzard

giz·zard
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [giz-erd]
    • /ˈgɪz ərd/
    • /ˈgɪzəd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [giz-erd]
    • /ˈgɪz ərd/

Definitions of gizzard word

  • noun gizzard Also called ventriculus. a thick-walled, muscular pouch in the lower stomach of many birds and reptiles that grinds food, often with the aid of ingested stones or grit. 1
  • noun gizzard Also called gastric mill. a similar structure in the foregut of arthropods and several other invertebrates, often lined with chitin and small teeth. 1
  • noun gizzard the innards or viscera collectively, especially the intestine and stomach. 1
  • noun gizzard A muscular, thick-walled part of a bird's stomach for grinding food, typically with grit. 1
  • noun gizzard part of bird's digestive tract 1
  • noun gizzard the thick-walled part of a bird's stomach, in which hard food is broken up by muscular action and contact with grit and small stones 0

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Origin of gizzard

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English giser < Old French giser, gezier (French gésier) < Vulgar Latin *gigerium; compare Latin gigeria, gizeria giblets, perhaps ultimately < Iranian; compare Persian jigar liver

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Parts of speech for Gizzard

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

gizzard popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for gizzard

noun gizzard

  • heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
  • marrow — a partner; fellow worker.
  • stomach — Anatomy, Zoology. a saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal, as in humans and certain animals, forming an organ for storing, diluting, and digesting food. such an organ or an analogous portion of the alimentary canal when divided into two or more sections or parts. any one of these sections.
  • tongue — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
  • tripe — the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food. Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.

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