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SECOND STOMACH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
Synonyms:
reticulum; second stomach
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("second 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 ("second stomach" is a part of...):
ruminant (any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments)