English-Thai Dictionary
proventriulus
N ส่วน ที่ มี ต่อม ของ กระเพาะอาหาร นก เป็น บริเวณ ที่ มี การย่อยอาหาร ก่อน
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PROVENT
PROVENT Prov "ent, n.
Defn: See Provand. [Obs. ]
PROVENTRICLE
PROVENTRICLE Pro *ven "tri *cle, n. (Anat. )
Defn: Proventriculus.
PROVENTRIULUS
Pro `ven *tri "u *lus, n. Etym: [NL. See Pro-, and Ventricle. ] (Anat. )
Defn: The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
New American Oxford Dictionary
proventriculus
pro ven tric u lus |ˌprōvenˈtrikyələs ˌproʊvɛnˈtrɪkjələs | ▶noun ( pl. proventriculi |-ˌlī, -ˌlē | ) Zoology the narrow glandular first region of a bird's stomach between the crop and the gizzard. • the thick-walled muscular expansion of the esophagus above the stomach of crustaceans and insects. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from pro- 2 ‘before ’ + Latin ventriculus ‘small belly, ’ diminutive of venter, ventr- ‘belly. ’
Oxford Dictionary
proventriculus
proventriculus |ˌprəʊvɛnˈtrɪkjʊləs | ▶noun ( pl. proventriculi ) Zoology the narrow glandular first region of a bird's stomach between the crop and the gizzard. • the thick-walled muscular expansion of the oesophagus above the stomach of crustaceans and insects. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from pro- 2 ‘before ’ + Latin ventriculus ‘small belly ’, diminutive of venter, ventr- ‘belly ’.
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