英语词汇“gizzard”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

giz·zard

(gĭzərd)

1. A modified muscular pouch behind the stomach in the digestive tract of birds, having a thick lining and often containing ingested grit that aids in the breakdown of seeds before digestion.

2. A similar digestive organ found in certain invertebrates, such as the earthworm.

[Alteration of Middle English giser, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *gicērium, from Latin gigēria, cooked entrails of poultry, probably of Iranian origin; akin to Persian jigar, liver; see yk^w in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	gizzard
释义	giz·zard (gĭzərd) n. 1. A modified muscular pouch behind the stomach in the digestive tract of birds, having a thick lining and often containing ingested grit that aids in the breakdown of seeds before digestion. 2. A similar digestive organ found in certain invertebrates, such as the earthworm. [Alteration of Middle English giser, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin gicērium, from Latin gigēria, cooked entrails of poultry, probably of Iranian origin; akin to Persian jigar*, liver; see yk^w in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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