gastric mill

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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.

gizzard (def. 2).

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Origin of gastric mill

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby gastric mill

gastric, gastric band, gastric bypass, gastric juice, gastric lavage, gastric mill, gastric ulcer, gastrin, gastritis, gastro-, gastrocnemius

How to use gastric mill in a sentence

The “doctorate” Duke claims is from an anti-Semitic Ukranian “diploma mill” as described by the State Department.
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The language school did not focus on providing instruction but instead was a visa mill.
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Not even Radio Bemba (Cuban slang for the rumor mill) had picked up the signal.
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Proper use could lead to weight loss and reduction in gastric reflux.
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Did you know that you can purchase and mill 80 percent receivers without a license?
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But men we had known and trails we had followed furnished us plenty of grist for the conversational mill.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
(b) Diseases of the stomach associated with deficient hydrochloric acid, as chronic gastritis and gastric cancer.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Sounds rotten, but that's their style; and you've been through the mill at home enough to know what it is to be knifed socially.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Along in the afternoon Porter's force was located near Moore's Mill, about four miles distant.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
The first steam rolling mill, with the exception of the one at Soho, was put up at Bradley ironworks.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell