proventriculus
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English
Etymology
From New Latin proventriculus (19th century), from pro- + ventriculus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪkjʊləs
Noun
proventriculus (plural proventriculi)
- (zoology) The part of the avian stomach, between the crop and the gizzard, that secretes digestive enzymes.
- 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.