gizzards

giz·zard

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [giz-erd]
- /ˈgɪz ərd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [giz-erd]
- /ˈgɪz ərd/

Definitions of gizzards word

noun gizzards 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 gizzards 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 gizzards the innards or viscera collectively, especially the intestine and stomach. 1
noun gizzards Plural form of gizzard. 1
noun gizzards plural of gizzard. 0

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Origin of gizzards

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 Gizzards

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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.

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Synonyms for gizzards

noun gizzards

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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