Толковый словарь английского языка - gizzard
Gizzard
gizzard
noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English giser ~, liver, from Anglo-French gesir, giser, from Latin gigeria (plural) giblets Date: 1565 1. the muscular enlargement of the alimentary canal of birds that has usually thick muscular walls and a tough horny lining for grinding the food and when the crop is present follows it and the proventriculus, a thickened part of the alimentary canal in some animals (as an insect or an earthworm) that is similar in function to the crop of a bird, innards
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n. 1 the second part of a bird's stomach, for grinding food usu. with grit. 2 a muscular stomach of some fish, insects, molluscs, and other invertebrates. Phrases and idioms stick in one's gizzard colloq. be distasteful. Etymology: ME giser f. OF giser, gesier etc., ult. f. L gigeria cooked entrails of fowl GLABELLA n. (pl. glabellae) the smooth part of the forehead above and between the eyebrows. Derivatives glabellar adj. Etymology: mod.L f. L glabellus (adj.) dimin. of glaber smooth ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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