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OMASUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: omasa   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

Synonyms:

omasum; psalterium; third stomach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("omasum" is a kind of...):

breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)

Holonyms ("omasum" is a part of...):

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

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