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Rumen
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| rumex obtusifolius
| rumex scutatus
Rumen
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Rumen has 1 sense
- rumen(n = noun.animal) first stomach - the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing; Array is a part of ruminant
is a kind of breadbasket, stomach, tum, tummy
Derived form verb ruminate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Rumen, n. [L. rumen, - inis, the throat.].
- The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below. <-- ! PCP --> [1913 Webster]
- The cud of a ruminant. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Rumen, n. (pl. rumens or rumina) the first stomach of a ruminant, in which food, esp. cellulose, is partly digested by bacteria.
Etymology
L rumen ruminis throat
THESAURUS
Rumen
abdomen, abomasum, bay window, beerbelly, belly, breadbasket, craw, crop, diaphragm, embonpoint, first stomach, gizzard, gullet, gut, honeycomb stomach, kishkes, manyplies, maw, midriff, omasum, paunch, pot, potbelly, potgut, psalterium, pusgut, rennet bag, reticulum, second stomach, spare tire, stomach, swagbelly, third stomach, tum-tum, tummy, underbelly, ventripotence
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