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rumen


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rumen  \Ru"men\,  n.  [L.  rumen,  -  inis,  the  throat.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  The  first  stomach  of  ruminants;  the  paunch;  the 
  fardingbag.  See  Illust.  below. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rumen 
  n  :  the  first  compartment  of  the  stomach  of  a  ruminant;  here 
  food  is  collected  and  returned  to  the  mouth  as  cud  for 
  chewing  [syn:  {first  stomach}] 




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