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Omasum

//oʊˈmeɪsəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the lining of said compartment, regarded as a foodstuff.

    "The deer of the northern group are larger in body size and have well-developed rumino-reticulums, smaller omasums, and longer small intestines (Takatsuki 1988)."

  2. 2
    the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin omāsum.

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