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The gizzard , also referred to as the ventriculus , gastric mill , and gigerium , is an organ found in the digestive tract of some animals, including birds, reptiles, earthworms and some fish....
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Gizzard is a term used to describe a digestive organ found in birds. Learn more about the term gizzard at HowStuffWorks. ... Gizzard, a digestive organ of birds and certain other animals, such as earthworms, grasshoppers, and crayfish. A bird's gizzard has a thick, muscular wall and often contains gravel eaten by the bird.
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Gizzards are secondary stomachs used by birds to grind their food before digestion. Because birds don't have teeth, they must fill their gizzards with small stones to achieve the same goal. Gizzards contain a very tough inner membrane, surr...
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Trail Notes: Fiery Gizzard ... Fiery Gizzard is a long canyon at the edge of the Cumberland Plateau. The canyon is very narrow, with tall stands of pine forming a thicket overhead. The thicket and several cool streams give the place a climate surprisingly different from the surrounding plateau.
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Definition of gizzard from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Etymology: alteration of Middle English giser gizzard, liver, from Anglo-French gesir, giser, from Latin gigeria (plural) giblets...
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1. part of bird's digestive tract: a thick-walled muscular sac in the alimentary tract of birds where food is broken down by muscular action and by small stones ingested for that purpose; ... 2. fish digestive structure: a structure in invertebrates and ... 3. stomach: the stomach or alimentary canal generally ( informal ) ;
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Gizzard stone. Gizzard stone. Information about Gizzard stone in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Typically, gizzard stones account for just over 1 percent of an ostrich's body weight.
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about gizzard strongyles. gizzard strongyles. Information about gizzard strongyles in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... The gizzard of birds is lined with a hardened horny layer of the protein keratin, preventing damage to the muscle layer during the grinding process. Most birds swallow sharp...
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This article has been cited by other articles: ... AG Terasaki, H Nakagawa, E Kotani, H Mori and K Ohashi ; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Japan. ... We purified a 450 kDa protein from a low-salt alkaline extract of chicken gizzard smooth muscle.
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