noun
gizzard
GIZ-erd/ˈɡɪzərd/
A muscular part of a bird's stomach that grinds food.
A chicken's gizzard uses swallowed grit to grind its food.
Etymology
Old French gisier named a bird’s entrails or giblets more broadly. The English sense focuses on one particular organ: the muscular stomach part that grinds food.
In context
the gizzard or ventriculus is the muscular stomach where the grinding of food takes place
More examples
- Strong muscles in the gizzard help crush hard seeds.
- The students examine a turkey's gizzard during biology class.
- She simmers chicken gizzards until they are tender.
Forms
gizzard · gizzards
Similar words
- stomach
- Names the broader digestive organ, not specifically its grinding part.