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nature's blender, grinding gravel into dinner because teeth were apparently too mainstream.
means A muscular part of a bird's (or some other animal's) stomach that grinds up food, often with the help of swallowed grit and stones, since they have no teeth to chew with.
from From Middle English 'giser' or 'giserne,' borrowed from Old French 'gesier,' which traces back to Latin 'gigeria' — the cooked entrails or giblets of poultry, a delicacy worth naming. The stray 'd' on the end appeared later in English, possibly by analogy with words like 'mustard' and 'buzzard,' a bit of phonetic drift that stuck.
- swallowed stones
- birds eat grit to grind food inside it
- muscle power
- crushes seeds with up to 30 psi
- dino tech
- sauropods likely used gizzard stones too
- toothless trick
- replaces chewing in animals with no teeth
- polished proof
- smooth stones reveal an ancient gizzard's work
chicken gizzard — muscular organ eaten in cuisines worldwide, particularly in chinese, korean, and latin american cooking
gizzard shad — fish species found in north america's freshwater rivers and estuaries, named for its grinding stomach