gigerium

English

Etymology

Latin gigeria (“(plural) the cooked entrails of poultry”).

Noun

gigerium (plural gigeria)

1. (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

• “gigerium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Noun

gigērium n (genitive gigēriī or gigērī); second declension

1. (rare) singular of gigēria (“poultry entrails”)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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).

Descendants

• Catalan: guier, grier