rumen

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ru=men

CIDE DICTIONARY

rumen, n. [L. rumen, - inis, the throat.].

•  The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below. <-- ! PCP -->  [1913 Webster]
•  The cud of a ruminant.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rumen, n. (pl. rumens or rumina) the first stomach of a ruminant, in which food, esp. cellulose, is partly digested by bacteria.

Etymology

L rumen ruminis throat

THESAURUS

rumen

abdomen, abomasum, bay window, beerbelly, belly, breadbasket, craw, crop, diaphragm, embonpoint, first stomach, gizzard, gullet, gut, honeycomb stomach, kishkes, manyplies, maw, midriff, omasum, paunch, pot, potbelly, potgut, psalterium, pusgut, rennet bag, reticulum, second stomach, spare tire, stomach, swagbelly, third stomach, tum-tum, tummy, underbelly, ventripotence