"gastric mill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gastric mills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gastric mill (plural gastric mills)
  1. An organ in the gastrointestinal tract of some animals, particularly crustaceans, which contains dentition, that is used to grind food. The gnashing of the teeth/plates in the mill is also used by some of the creatures to create audible growling, as a form of communication. Categories (topical): Organs Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Related terms: cud, gastrolith, gizzard Coordinate_terms: gastric teeth Translations (organ to grind food): purumaha (note: in crustaceans) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-gastric_mill-en-noun-1ABVidmj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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