proventriculus

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The part of the avian stomach, between the crop and the gizzard, that secretes digestive enzymes.
    — 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.
  2. A similar part of the digestive system in insects and myriapods.

词形变化

proventriculi plural

词汇关系

相关词
proventriculitis

词源

From New Latin proventriculus (19th century), from pro- + ventriculus.
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