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Definition

An anatomical structure, a thick-walled, muscular digestive pouch in the anterior portion of the stomachs of birds and crocodiles and some fish. It consists of two large masses of muscle enclosing a flat and narrow space of tough membrane, which together grind and soften food before it enters the intestine.

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