proventriculus
English edit
Etymology edit
New Latin proventriculus (19th century), from pro- + ventriculus.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪkjʊləs
Noun edit
proventriculus (plural proventriculi)
- (zoology) The part of the avian stomach, between the crop and the gizzard, that secretes digestive enzymes. [from 19th c.]
- 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 201:
- In fulmars, the proventriculus is very baggy, and has thick wrinkled walls lined with glands that excrete the waxy oil which courting birds pass to one another in small amounts, perhaps as a way of scent-marking their mate.
- (zoology) A similar part of the digestive system in insects and myriapods. [from 19th c.]