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‖ ingluvies Anat.|ɪnˈgluːvɪiːz|
[L. ingluviēs crop, maw: prob. f. *glū̆- to swallow.]
A dilatation of the œsophagus before it reaches the true stomach; the crop of a bird, the first stomach of a ruminating animal, an insect, etc.
1727–41Chambers Cycl., Ingluvies, Craw, or Crop, a part in granivorous fowls which serves for the immediate reception of the food. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 411 The chitinous lining which is continued into it from the ingluvies is greatly thickened. 1884Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 212 The œsophagus of many birds becomes modified into a special pouch,—the crop or craw, ingluvies, where the food is detained to be macerated in a special secretion, before passing on to the true stomach. |