stomach oil

noun

The light oil composed of neutral dietary lipids found in the proventriculus of birds in the order Procellariiformes.

Meanings

nounstomach oil (countable and uncountable, plural stomach oils)

plural stomach oils

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe light oil composed of neutral dietary lipids found in the proventriculus of birds in the order Procellariiformes.
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