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Definitions for Gizzard

[1] 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.
[2] Also called gastric mill. a similar structure in the foregut of arthropods and several other invertebrates, often lined with chitin and small teeth.
[3] the innards or viscera collectively, especially the intestine and stomach.
[4] the thick-walled part of a bird's stomach, in which hard food is broken up by muscular action and contact with grit and small stones
[5] a similar structure in many invertebrates
[6] informal the stomach and entrails generally

Words related to Gizzard

heart, marrow, stomach, tongue, tripe, brains, chitlins, chitterlings, giblets, kidneys, liver, pancreas, sweetbread, testis, thymus

Words nearby Gizzard

given to, givenchy, givey, giza, gizmo, gizzard, gizzard shad, gj, gjallar-horn, gjellerup, gjuki

Origin of Gizzard

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

Word origin for Gizzard

C14: from Old North French guisier fowl's liver, alteration of Latin gigēria entrails of poultry when cooked, of uncertain origin

Synonyms for Gizzard

brains, chitlins, chitterlings, giblets, heart, kidneys, liver, marrow, mountain oyster, pancreas, prairie oyster, stomach, sweetbread, testis, thymus, tongue, tripe