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ABOMASUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

abomasum; fourth stomach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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