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noun

Gizzard n.

(Anat.) 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.

(Zool.)

(a)

A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals.

(b)

A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks.

Gizzard shad (Zool.), 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. (Low)

To stick in one's gizzard, to be difficult of digestion; to be offensive. (Low)

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Etymology of 'Gizzard'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gizzard" Quotes from Famous Books

... stocking remote islands with vegetation. Many seeds also adhere to the feathers of birds, and thus, again, may be conveyed as far as birds are ever carried. Dr. Guppy found a small hard seed in the gizzard of a Cape Petrel, taken about 550 miles ...

— Darwinism (1889) • Alfred Russel Wallace

... Cracknell gave her a pain in the gizzard. She recommended his fading away, and he did so—into his collar. He seemed to feel that once well inside his collar he was "home" and safe ...

— The Adventures of Sally • P. G. Wodehouse

... his thick skin prove impervious to flattery," thought he, "then will I fly my last shaft into his very gizzard." ...

— Bred in the Bone • James Payn

... block forrad, and see how much chance you'll have if I fire at you." The pop of the revolver sounded, and then Hindhaugh went forward, pulling the Scorpion with him. "Do you see that hole, you image? How would you like if that was your gizzard? Now, no ...

— Stories by English Authors: The Sea • Various

... one is he Who brought it here so handsomely." The mother sent for a priest (they're cunning); Who scarce had found what game was running, When he rolled his greedy eyes like a lizard, And, "all is rightly disposed," said he, "Who conquers wins, for a certainty. The church has of old a famous gizzard, She calls it little whole lands to devour, Yet never a surfeit got to this hour; The church alone, dear ladies; sans question, ...

— Faust • Goethe

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