餌え袋ぶくろ

noun

gizzard; crop

Refers to the digestive organ in birds and some other animals. In everyday contexts, 砂嚢 (さのう) is more common for 'gizzard', while 餌袋 can refer to the crop or gizzard depending on the animal.

• 鳥とりの餌え袋ぶくろには、食たべた種たねが一いち時じ的てきに蓄たくわえられる。

  In a bird's crop, eaten seeds are temporarily stored.

• ニワトリの餌え袋ぶくろを解かい剖ぼうして観かん察さつした。

  We dissected and observed the chicken's gizzard.