Gizzard
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The gizzard, also referred to as the ventriculus, gastric mill, and gigerium, is an organ found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs, earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, an
Gizzard of a chicken
Body structure of a krill, showing the gastric mill (a.k.a. gizzard) in a typical crustacean
Fried gizzards and livers
Crop (anatomy)
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The crop is a thin-walled, expanded portion of the alimentary tract, which is used for the storage of food before digestion. The crop is an anatomical structure in vertebrate animals, such as birds, a
Gizzard
…derives from a similar word in Old French gésier, which itself evolved from the Latin gigeria, meaning giblets. Birds swallow food and store it in their crop if necessary. Then the food passes into their glandular stomach, also called the proventriculus, which is also sometimes referred to as the true stomach…
Two white-bellied parrots with bulging crops after feeding.
One greater flamingo-chick in Zoo Basel is fed on crop milk.