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