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    ABOMASUM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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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