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    OMASUM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: omasa  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminantplay

    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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