HyperDic: first_stomach

English > 1 sense of the expression first stomach:
NOUNanimalfirst stomach, rumenthe first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
English > first stomach: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningThe first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing.
Synonymrumen
Part ofruminantAny of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
Broaderstomach, tummy, tum, breadbasketAn enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal
Spanishpanza, primer estómago, rumen
Catalanprimer estómac

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