Gizzard /(?)/
Giz·zard
Gizzard
n.
- The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium. (Anat.)
- A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Gizzard shad
- an American herring (Dorosoma cepedianum) resembling the shad, but of little value.
- To fret the gizzard
- to harass; to vex one's self; to worry.
- To stick in one's gizzard
- to be difficult of digestion; to be offensive.