gizzard, ventriculus, gastric mill
(noun) thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ventriculi
plural of ventriculus
Source: Wiktionary
Ven*tric"u*lus, n.; pl. Ventriculi. Etym: [L., belly, dim. fr. venter belly.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of the stomachs of certain insects. (b) The body cavity of a sponge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 September 2024
(noun) recovery or preservation from loss or danger; “work is the deliverance of mankind”; “a surgeon’s job is the saving of lives”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
