NOUN | animal | first stomach, rumen | the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant |
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Meaning | The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing. | |
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Synonym | rumen | |
Part of | ruminant | Any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments |
Broader | stomach, tummy, tum, breadbasket | An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal |
Spanish | panza, primer estómago, rumen | |
Catalan | primer estómac |
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