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SECOND STOMACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does second stomach mean? 

SECOND STOMACH (noun)
  The noun SECOND STOMACH has 1 sense:

1. the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminantplay

  Familiarity information: SECOND STOMACH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SECOND STOMACH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

reticulum; second stomach

Hypernyms ("second stomach" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("second stomach" 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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