FOURTH STOMACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fourth stomach mean? 

• FOURTH STOMACH (noun)
  The noun FOURTH STOMACH has 1 sense:

1. the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOURTH STOMACH (noun)

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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 ("fourth 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 ("fourth stomach" is a part of...):

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