proventriculus
proventriculus
[ˌprəʊvɛnˈtrɪkjʊləs]
(pl. proventriculi)
[ˌprəʊvɛnˈtrɪkjʊləs]
(pl. proventriculi)
- (Zoology)the narrow glandular first region of a bird's stomach between the crop and the gizzard
(动)（鸟的）前胃
■the thick-walled muscular expansion of the oesophagus above the stomach of crustaceans and insects
（甲壳纲动物和昆虫胃上端的）前胃
- mid 19th cent.: from pro- 'before' + Latin ventriculus 'small belly', diminutive of venter, ventr- 'belly'
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