HyperDic: ventriculus

English > 1 sense of the word ventriculus:
NOUNanimalventriculus, gizzard, gastric millthick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
English > ventriculus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningThick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food.
Synonymsgizzard, gastric mill
Broaderpouch, pocket(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
Spanishcachuela, molleja
Catalangrier, morella, pedrer

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