Definition of gizzard in English:

gizzard

noun ˈɡɪzədˈɡɪzərd

1A muscular, thick-walled part of a bird's stomach for grinding food, typically with grit.
砂囊（鸟类动物胃中的一个部分），肫，胗
Example sentencesExamples
- Grain is stored in their crops and ground by the grit in their gizzard.
- They draw out guts, pull livers, cut wings and gizzards, pop thigh bones.
- Grit is used by many birds to help them grind their food in their gizzards.
- Unfortunately, the time that a hard piece of gravel or grit spends in the gizzard can be quite variable: sometimes a few days, sometimes a few months.
- Small crustaceans and young molluscs make up the bulk of their diet, along with algal cells, which are ground up in the muscular gizzard at the beginning of the gut.
- Due to their soft food diet, lorikeets have a weak ventricular muscle or gizzard, which is usually used for grinding seeds by other birds.
- Their digestion is also aided by a muscular gizzard containing stones to help break down food
- Chickens need grit in their gizzards to grind up the food they eat so they can get the most nutrition out of it.
- As there were no crushing teeth in the mouth, vegetation must have been swallowed and then crushed in a gizzard similar to that found in many birds.
- Place the pigeon breasts, heart, gizzards, and legs in the yogurt and refrigerate overnight.
- They have been known, like other members of this group, to swallow grit to help grind coarse food in their gizzards.
- Historical reports were anecdotal, based on collection of a limited number of individual birds and generating a simple list of food items found in gizzards.
- Herbivorous, granivorous and insectivorous birds have a highly specialized, muscular gizzard with an inner lining of hard cuticle.
- It usually contains pebbles and seems to be used for ‘chewing’ in much the same way as a bird's gizzard.
- Mammals differ because they expect their teeth to do the work of a gizzard or large, muscular gut.
1. 1.1 A muscular stomach of some fish, insects, molluscs, and other invertebrates.
  （某些鱼、昆虫、软体动物及其他无脊椎动物的）胃，肫，胗
  Example sentencesExamples
  Two fish in the gizzard shad-access treatment (two different enclosures) died 8 days following the introduction of fish.
  Significant effects of gizzard shad access likely occurred due to the additional surface area provided for periphyton by the mesh netting.
  Herbivorous fishes posses specialized organs, such as extended guts, pharyngeal mills and gizzards, that allow them to exploit various reef plants and algae.
  In Florida, the diet was comprised mainly of fishes, with gizzard shad, bullhead catfish, and small bluegill particularly common.
  We manipulated sediment access and fish size during two mesocosm experiments to determine how these factors could alter the effects of gizzard shad on phytoplankton.
  We conducted two mesocosm experiments to determine the effects of sediment feeding by gizzard shad and fish size on nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics.
2. 1.2informal A person's stomach or throat.
  〈非正式〉（人的）胃（或喉咙）
  the fans wanted to see him rip the gizzards out of bad guys
  影迷们想看到他把坏蛋剖腹挖心。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Master Splinter says it needs another coat, or he'll tear my gizzards out.
  What is gnawing at my gizzard?
  I'm going to tear out his gizzard and feed it to my cat.
  I washed it down with his Dad's home made wine - it may wipe out my gizzard in the process, but I felt sure it would kill my tastebuds too, and as far as I was concerned, that's all that mattered.

Origin

Late Middle English giser: from Old French, based on Latin gigeria 'cooked entrails of fowl'. The final -d was added in the 16th century.

The early spelling was giser which is from Old French, based on Latin gigeria ‘cooked entrails of fowl’. The final -d was added in the 16th century.

Rhymes

blizzard, izard, lizard, vizard, wizard

Definition of gizzard in US English:

gizzard

nounˈɡɪzərdˈɡizərd

1A muscular, thick-walled part of a bird's stomach for grinding food, typically with grit.
砂囊（鸟类动物胃中的一个部分），肫，胗
Also called ventriculus
Example sentencesExamples
- Small crustaceans and young molluscs make up the bulk of their diet, along with algal cells, which are ground up in the muscular gizzard at the beginning of the gut.
- Historical reports were anecdotal, based on collection of a limited number of individual birds and generating a simple list of food items found in gizzards.
- Due to their soft food diet, lorikeets have a weak ventricular muscle or gizzard, which is usually used for grinding seeds by other birds.
- Unfortunately, the time that a hard piece of gravel or grit spends in the gizzard can be quite variable: sometimes a few days, sometimes a few months.
- Mammals differ because they expect their teeth to do the work of a gizzard or large, muscular gut.
- Grit is used by many birds to help them grind their food in their gizzards.
- As there were no crushing teeth in the mouth, vegetation must have been swallowed and then crushed in a gizzard similar to that found in many birds.
- It usually contains pebbles and seems to be used for ‘chewing’ in much the same way as a bird's gizzard.
- They have been known, like other members of this group, to swallow grit to help grind coarse food in their gizzards.
- Their digestion is also aided by a muscular gizzard containing stones to help break down food
- Herbivorous, granivorous and insectivorous birds have a highly specialized, muscular gizzard with an inner lining of hard cuticle.
- Place the pigeon breasts, heart, gizzards, and legs in the yogurt and refrigerate overnight.
- Grain is stored in their crops and ground by the grit in their gizzard.
- Chickens need grit in their gizzards to grind up the food they eat so they can get the most nutrition out of it.
- They draw out guts, pull livers, cut wings and gizzards, pop thigh bones.
1. 1.1 A muscular stomach of some fish, insects, mollusks, and other invertebrates.
  （某些鱼、昆虫、软体动物及其他无脊椎动物的）胃，肫，胗
  Example sentencesExamples
  In Florida, the diet was comprised mainly of fishes, with gizzard shad, bullhead catfish, and small bluegill particularly common.
  Significant effects of gizzard shad access likely occurred due to the additional surface area provided for periphyton by the mesh netting.
  Two fish in the gizzard shad-access treatment (two different enclosures) died 8 days following the introduction of fish.
  We conducted two mesocosm experiments to determine the effects of sediment feeding by gizzard shad and fish size on nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics.
  We manipulated sediment access and fish size during two mesocosm experiments to determine how these factors could alter the effects of gizzard shad on phytoplankton.
  Herbivorous fishes posses specialized organs, such as extended guts, pharyngeal mills and gizzards, that allow them to exploit various reef plants and algae.
2. 1.2informal A person's stomach or throat.
  〈非正式〉（人的）胃（或喉咙）
  the fans wanted to see him rip the gizzards out of bad guys
  影迷们想看到他把坏蛋剖腹挖心。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What is gnawing at my gizzard?
  I washed it down with his Dad's home made wine - it may wipe out my gizzard in the process, but I felt sure it would kill my tastebuds too, and as far as I was concerned, that's all that mattered.
  I'm going to tear out his gizzard and feed it to my cat.
  Master Splinter says it needs another coat, or he'll tear my gizzards out.

Origin

Late Middle English giser: from Old French, based on Latin gigeria ‘cooked entrails of fowl’. The final -d was added in the 16th century.

词汇	gizzard
释义	Definition of gizzard in English: gizzard noun ˈɡɪzədˈɡɪzərd 1A muscular, thick-walled part of a bird's stomach for grinding food, typically with grit. 砂囊（鸟类动物胃中的一个部分），肫，胗 Example sentencesExamples Grain is stored in their crops and ground by the grit in their gizzard. They draw out guts, pull livers, cut wings and gizzards, pop thigh bones. Grit is used by many birds to help them grind their food in their gizzards. Unfortunately, the time that a hard piece of gravel or grit spends in the gizzard can be quite variable: sometimes a few days, sometimes a few months. Small crustaceans and young molluscs make up the bulk of their diet, along with algal cells, which are ground up in the muscular gizzard at the beginning of the gut. Due to their soft food diet, lorikeets have a weak ventricular muscle or gizzard, which is usually used for grinding seeds by other birds. Their digestion is also aided by a muscular gizzard containing stones to help break down food Chickens need grit in their gizzards to grind up the food they eat so they can get the most nutrition out of it. As there were no crushing teeth in the mouth, vegetation must have been swallowed and then crushed in a gizzard similar to that found in many birds. Place the pigeon breasts, heart, gizzards, and legs in the yogurt and refrigerate overnight. They have been known, like other members of this group, to swallow grit to help grind coarse food in their gizzards. Historical reports were anecdotal, based on collection of a limited number of individual birds and generating a simple list of food items found in gizzards. Herbivorous, granivorous and insectivorous birds have a highly specialized, muscular gizzard with an inner lining of hard cuticle. It usually contains pebbles and seems to be used for ‘chewing’ in much the same way as a bird's gizzard. Mammals differ because they expect their teeth to do the work of a gizzard or large, muscular gut. 1.1 A muscular stomach of some fish, insects, molluscs, and other invertebrates. （某些鱼、昆虫、软体动物及其他无脊椎动物的）胃，肫，胗 Example sentencesExamples Two fish in the gizzard shad-access treatment (two different enclosures) died 8 days following the introduction of fish. Significant effects of gizzard shad access likely occurred due to the additional surface area provided for periphyton by the mesh netting. Herbivorous fishes posses specialized organs, such as extended guts, pharyngeal mills and gizzards, that allow them to exploit various reef plants and algae. In Florida, the diet was comprised mainly of fishes, with gizzard shad, bullhead catfish, and small bluegill particularly common. We manipulated sediment access and fish size during two mesocosm experiments to determine how these factors could alter the effects of gizzard shad on phytoplankton. We conducted two mesocosm experiments to determine the effects of sediment feeding by gizzard shad and fish size on nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics. 1.2informal A person's stomach or throat. 〈非正式〉（人的）胃（或喉咙） the fans wanted to see him rip the gizzards out of bad guys 影迷们想看到他把坏蛋剖腹挖心。 Example sentencesExamples Master Splinter says it needs another coat, or he'll tear my gizzards out. What is gnawing at my gizzard? I'm going to tear out his gizzard and feed it to my cat. I washed it down with his Dad's home made wine - it may wipe out my gizzard in the process, but I felt sure it would kill my tastebuds too, and as far as I was concerned, that's all that mattered. Origin Late Middle English giser: from Old French, based on Latin gigeria 'cooked entrails of fowl'. The final -d was added in the 16th century. The early spelling was giser which is from Old French, based on Latin gigeria ‘cooked entrails of fowl’. The final -d was added in the 16th century. Rhymes blizzard, izard, lizard, vizard, wizard Definition of gizzard in US English: gizzard nounˈɡɪzərdˈɡizərd 1A muscular, thick-walled part of a bird's stomach for grinding food, typically with grit. 砂囊（鸟类动物胃中的一个部分），肫，胗 Also called ventriculus Example sentencesExamples Small crustaceans and young molluscs make up the bulk of their diet, along with algal cells, which are ground up in the muscular gizzard at the beginning of the gut. Historical reports were anecdotal, based on collection of a limited number of individual birds and generating a simple list of food items found in gizzards. Due to their soft food diet, lorikeets have a weak ventricular muscle or gizzard, which is usually used for grinding seeds by other birds. Unfortunately, the time that a hard piece of gravel or grit spends in the gizzard can be quite variable: sometimes a few days, sometimes a few months. Mammals differ because they expect their teeth to do the work of a gizzard or large, muscular gut. Grit is used by many birds to help them grind their food in their gizzards. As there were no crushing teeth in the mouth, vegetation must have been swallowed and then crushed in a gizzard similar to that found in many birds. It usually contains pebbles and seems to be used for ‘chewing’ in much the same way as a bird's gizzard. They have been known, like other members of this group, to swallow grit to help grind coarse food in their gizzards. Their digestion is also aided by a muscular gizzard containing stones to help break down food Herbivorous, granivorous and insectivorous birds have a highly specialized, muscular gizzard with an inner lining of hard cuticle. Place the pigeon breasts, heart, gizzards, and legs in the yogurt and refrigerate overnight. Grain is stored in their crops and ground by the grit in their gizzard. Chickens need grit in their gizzards to grind up the food they eat so they can get the most nutrition out of it. They draw out guts, pull livers, cut wings and gizzards, pop thigh bones. 1.1 A muscular stomach of some fish, insects, mollusks, and other invertebrates. （某些鱼、昆虫、软体动物及其他无脊椎动物的）胃，肫，胗 Example sentencesExamples In Florida, the diet was comprised mainly of fishes, with gizzard shad, bullhead catfish, and small bluegill particularly common. Significant effects of gizzard shad access likely occurred due to the additional surface area provided for periphyton by the mesh netting. Two fish in the gizzard shad-access treatment (two different enclosures) died 8 days following the introduction of fish. We conducted two mesocosm experiments to determine the effects of sediment feeding by gizzard shad and fish size on nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics. We manipulated sediment access and fish size during two mesocosm experiments to determine how these factors could alter the effects of gizzard shad on phytoplankton. Herbivorous fishes posses specialized organs, such as extended guts, pharyngeal mills and gizzards, that allow them to exploit various reef plants and algae. 1.2informal A person's stomach or throat. 〈非正式〉（人的）胃（或喉咙） the fans wanted to see him rip the gizzards out of bad guys 影迷们想看到他把坏蛋剖腹挖心。 Example sentencesExamples What is gnawing at my gizzard? I washed it down with his Dad's home made wine - it may wipe out my gizzard in the process, but I felt sure it would kill my tastebuds too, and as far as I was concerned, that's all that mattered. I'm going to tear out his gizzard and feed it to my cat. Master Splinter says it needs another coat, or he'll tear my gizzards out. Origin Late Middle English giser: from Old French, based on Latin gigeria ‘cooked entrails of fowl’. The final -d was added in the 16th century.
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