单词 | muscular stomach |
释义 | > as lemmasmuscular stomach muscular stomach n. Zoology a stomach with a thick muscular wall; spec. the gizzard (ventriculus) of a bird. ΚΠ 1681 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Stomachs & Guts viii. 32 in Musæum Regalis Societatis [The Casowary] hath no Gizard (as hath the Ostrich); yet a thick Muscular Stomach. 1851 Encycl. Americana III. 285/1 The gizzard, or muscular stomach, [of the cockroach] is internally provided with strong hooked teeth. 1906 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 171 227 It has been assumed that the plesiosaurs could not have utilized the pebbles as a means of digestion in a muscular stomach. 1992 Physiol. & Behavior 52 261 [The hypothesis that] motility of the crop and muscular stomach are coordinated. < as lemmas |
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