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PSALTERIUM (psalteria)
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Irregular inflected form: psalteria
Dictionary entry overview: What does psalterium mean?
• PSALTERIUM (noun)
The noun PSALTERIUM has 1 sense:
1. the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
Familiarity information: PSALTERIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
omasum; psalterium; third stomach
Hypernyms ("psalterium" is a kind of...):
breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)
Holonyms ("psalterium" 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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