gizzard

Jackie also showed signs of chronic disease involving the ventriculus, also known as gizzard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Like its fellow enantiornithines, and unlike modern birds, it does not appear to have a digestive organ called a gizzard, or gastric mill, that helped it crush up its food.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024

Before anything enters a bird's gizzard, an organ for grinding up food, the proventriculus secretes digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid to break down meals.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2023

But an emerging threat becomes evident in early June as Friesen hauls up minnow traps and gillnets packed with carp, gizzard shad, green sunfish and, ominously, three smallmouth bass.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022

When they swallow food, it is sent to the gizzard, where the grinding stones pulverize the food.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

Many species of birds purposefully consume small stones and grit, which collect in their gizzards – the second part of their stomachs – and help the birds digest their food by pulverizing it.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 22, 2023

The gizzards, kidneys, livers and guts shrink to lighten the load for the trans-Pacific journey.

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

Growing bolder with experience, you might reach for deep-fried fish paste or smoked gizzards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2021

Look for sautéed chicken gizzards with pickled beans and Chengdu pig’s feet soup.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2019

That’s the way Chinese mothers show they love their children, not through hugs and kisses but with stern offerings of steamed dumplings, duck’s gizzards, and crab.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan