gigerium
English
editEtymology
editLatin gigeria (“(plural) the cooked entrails of poultry”).
Noun
editgigerium (plural gigeria)
- (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
edit- “gigerium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
editNoun
editgigērium n (genitive gigēriī or gigērī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-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).