gizzard
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Jackie also showed signs of chronic disease involving the ventriculus, also known as gizzard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Like its fellow enantiornithines, and unlike modern birds, it does not appear to have a digestive organ called a gizzard, or gastric mill, that helped it crush up its food.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
Before anything enters a bird's gizzard, an organ for grinding up food, the proventriculus secretes digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid to break down meals.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2023
In Googling, I see that’s called the gizzard, and it is acidic.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
“That boy got a thumpin’ gizzard for a heart!”
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
Many species of birds purposefully consume small stones and grit, which collect in their gizzards – the second part of their stomachs – and help the birds digest their food by pulverizing it.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 22, 2023
Growing bolder with experience, you might reach for deep-fried fish paste or smoked gizzards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
Choices include wine-soaked blue crab, stir-fried chicken gizzards, crispy eel in sweet-and-sour sauce, spicy frog’s legs with hot sweet-and-sour sauce, steamed yellow croaker with pork meat pie, and sea urchin egg tofu stew.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2020
Look for sautéed chicken gizzards with pickled beans and Chengdu pig’s feet soup.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2019
Before he tasted the gizzards, he said, “Let me see if this is any good.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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