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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.
gizzard (def. 2).

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Origin of gastric mill

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby gastric mill

gastric indigestion, gastric inhibitory polypeptide, gastric juice, gastric lavage, gastric lymphatic follicle, gastric mill, gastric reflux, gastric secretin, gastric stapling, gastric tetany, gastric triangle
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