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gizzards
noun(giz-zard)
the muscular enlargement of the digestive tract 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
gizzards
noun(giz-zard)
a thickened part of the digestive tract in some animals (such as an insect or an earthworm) that is similar in function to the crop of a bird
gizzards
noun(giz-zard)
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