animal : Biology : comparative philology > craw
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No. 1
  Part of the digestive organs of birds, shaped like a capsule, in the lower esophagus. After years of food in the crop wetting and softening, and then into the stomach and gizzard before, help digestion.
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  With the "crop"
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No. 3
  Birds or insects, food storage bag-shaped organ, is a part of the digestive organs
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No. 4
  脊椎动物鸟类食管的后段暂时贮存食物的膨大部分,称为嗉囊。食物在嗉囊里经过润湿和软化,再被送入前胃和砂囊,有利于消化。嗉囊有单个的,如鸡,或成对而横位扩张,如鸠(jiū)。麝雉的嗉囊壁为肌肉质,对其中贮的粗糙树叶,能起一定的机械磨碎作用。鸭和鹅虽无嗉囊,但食管在该处略呈纺锤状膨大。鸽的嗉囊在育雏期间能分泌乳汁,称“鸽乳”,用以哺育雏鸽。(图)
  无脊椎动物如蚯蚓、蛭类和昆虫的食道后面的膨大部分也称为嗉囊。蛭类的嗉囊特别发达,两侧生有多对盲囊,用以贮存吸食宿主的血液。
English Expression
  1. n.:  craw,  jowl,  maw,  crop (of a bird)
Thesaurus
crop (of bird), craw