gastric mill: Meaning and Definition of

gas'tric mill'

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— Zool. Zool.
  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.
  2. gizzard (def. 2).
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