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Second stomach   /sˈɛkənd stˈəmək/   Listen
Second stomach

noun
1.
The second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.  Synonym: reticulum.






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"Second stomach" Quotes from Famous Books



... which filtered through the roof. 'The most wonderful thing,' Olafsen remarks, 'that we noticed here, was, that the stalactites of ice were set with regular figures of five and seven sides, joined together, and resembling those seen on the second stomach of ruminating animals. The condensed cold of the air must have imparted these figures to the ice; they were not external (merely?), but in the ice itself, which ...
— Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland • George Forrest Browne



Words linked to "Second stomach" :   stomach, ruminant, tum, reticulum, breadbasket, tummy



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