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proventriculus in American English
the front part of a bird's stomach, containing digestive glands
noun: the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard

proventriculus in British English
noun: the first part of the stomach of birds, the gizzard

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