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gastric mill
noun
, Zoology.
- a gizzard in decapod crustaceans, as lobsters, crabs, and shrimps, having an arrangement of teeth and small bones for grinding food and bristles for filtering small particles.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gastric mill1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences
The front one contains three long teeth which meet laterally and grind the food; this is known as the gastric mill.
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Gastric mill: The first half of the stomach, where food is ground.
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The whole apparatus, in fact, serves as a kind of gizzard, and is known as the gastric mill.
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It is among the Malacostraca, however, and especially in the Decapoda, that the “gastric mill” reaches its greatest perfection.
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