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Word entry · 7 letters

gizzard

Best crossword clue

"Bird's grinding organ"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɪzəd/Part of speech nounSorted adgirzzStarts with GEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food

Word origin

From Middle English gyser, geser, from Old French gesier, giser et al. (French gésier), from Latin gigēria.

Used in a sentence

  • As fortune has it, kingbirds, like owls, lack a grinding gizzard and regurgitate hard fragments from their meals.
  • "Pushing a man's face into his own breakfast is beyond rules or reason, and deserves a punch in the gizzard."

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