Definition of Gizzerd
Giz"zard (?), n. [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. (Zoöl.) (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 (Zoöl.), 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
GIZZARD. To grumble in the gizzard; to be secretly
displeased.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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