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Rumen   /rˈumən/   Listen
Rumen

noun
(pl. rumina)
1.
The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing.  Synonym: first stomach.






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"Rumen" Quotes from Famous Books



... which period it is subjected to macerating, mixing, and straining processes in preparation for entrance into the fourth or true stomach. The straining is accomplished through the medium of the manyplies or book, while the paunch, or rumen, with its adjunct, the waterbag, is concerned in the macerating, kneading, and mixing, as well as in regurgitation for rumination or the chewing of the cud. The action of the first three stomachs is merely preparatory to digestion. Thus it would seem that as a result ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture



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