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abomasum

Noun

ab=o=ma=sum

WORDNET DICTIONARY

abomasum(n = noun.animal) fourth stomach - the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place; Array

is a part of ruminant

is a kind of breadbasket, stomach, tum, tummy

Derived form adjective abomasal₁

abomasum, n. [NL., fr. L. ab + omasum (a Celtic word).].

The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia. [1913 Webster]

abomasum, n. (pl. abomasa) the fourth stomach of a ruminant.

Etymology

mod.L f. AB- + OMASUM

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