proventriculus

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proventriculus (noun; plural -li; Latin pro, before; ventriculus, diminutive of venter, belly): An area of the foregut in annelids, insects and crustaceans just anterior to the midgut, and variously modified for grinding or other uses; sometimes called gizzard.