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proventriculus

 
Dictionary: pro·ven·tric·u·lus   (prō'vĕn-trĭk'yə-ləs) pronunciation
n., pl., -li (-lī').
  1. The division of the stomach in birds that secretes digestive enzymes and passes food from the crop to the gizzard.
  2. A similar digestive chamber in certain insects and worms.

[PRO-2 + Latin ventriculus, stomach, diminutive of venter, belly.]

proventricular pro'ven·tric'u·lar (-lər) adj.

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1. the elongated, spindle-shaped, glandular stomach of birds. Supplemented by the muscular stomach just distal to it.
2. the ruminant forestomachs.

 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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