gigerium

English

Etymology

Latin gigeria ((plural) the cooked entrails of poultry).

Noun

gigerium (plural gigeria)

  1. (anatomy) The gizzard of some birds.
    • 1874, Elliott Coues, Birds of the Northwest, LARUS ARGENTATUS, page 650:
      The gigerium, in situ, is far back in the abdomen, its middle about opposite the last rib and to the left side, lying nearly apposed to the abdominal parietes

References

Latin

Noun

gigērium n (genitive gigēriī or gigērī); second declension

  1. (rare) singular of gigēria (poultry entrails)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gigērium gigēria
Genitive gigēriī
gigērī1
gigēriōrum
Dative gigēriō gigēriīs
Accusative gigērium gigēria
Ablative gigēriō gigēriīs
Vocative gigērium gigēria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Catalan: guier, grier
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