gigerium

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noun

The gizzard of some birds.

OriginLatin gigeria →
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Meanings

noungigerium (plural gigeria)

plural gigeria

  1. anatomyThe gizzard of some birds.

    The gigerium, in situ, is far back in the abdomen, its middle about opposite the last rib and to the left side, lying nearly apposed to the abdominal parietes

    1874, Elliott Coues, Birds of the Northwest, LARUS ARGENTATUS, page 650

Origin

  1. Latingigeria“(plural) the cooked entrails of poultry”
  2. Englishgigerium

Latin gigeria (“(plural) the cooked entrails of poultry”).

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Chicago

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