abomasum
IPA: ʌbˈɑmʌsˈʌm
noun
- (biology, food) The fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;
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Examples of "abomasum" in Sentences
- Giving of the foreleg, cheeks and abomasum.
- These are the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum.
- After this the digesta is moved to the true stomach, the abomasum.
- The abomasum is the fourth and final stomach compartment in ruminants.
- Herbivores have evolved cecums or an abomasum in the case of ruminants .