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OMASUM (omasa)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does omasum mean? 

OMASUM (noun)
  The noun OMASUM has 1 sense:

1. the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminantplay

  Familiarity information: OMASUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OMASUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

omasum; psalterium; third stomach

Hypernyms ("omasum" is a kind of...):

breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)

Holonyms ("omasum" is a part of...):

ruminant (any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments)


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