gastric mill


nounZoology.
  1. a gizzard in decapod crustaceans, as lobsters, crabs, and shrimps, having an arrangement of teeth and small bones for grinding food and bristles for filtering small particles.

Origin of gastric mill

1
First recorded in 1895–1900

Words Nearby gastric mill

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use gastric mill in a sentence