| NOUN | animal | rumen, first stomach | the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant |
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| Sounds | ruw'mahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| 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 | first stomach | |
| 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 | |
| Verbs | ruminate | chew the cuds |
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