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ABOMASUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abomasum mean?
• ABOMASUM (noun)
The noun ABOMASUM has 1 sense:
1. the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place
Familiarity information: ABOMASUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
abomasum; fourth stomach
Hypernyms ("abomasum" is a kind of...):
breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)
Holonyms ("abomasum" is a part of...):
ruminant (any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments)
Derivation:
abomasal (relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants))
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