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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L.

rumen

- inis

, the throat.]

(Anat.)

The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below.

The cud of a ruminant.

See also: rumen, Rumen, rùmén, and rūmen

rúmen m (plural rumens)