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What is the difference between ruminant and abomasum?

ruminant | abomasum |

As nouns the difference between ruminant and abomasum

is that ruminant is an artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer while abomasum is the fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum.

As an adjective ruminant

is chewing cud.

ruminant

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Chewing cud.
  • Pondering; ruminative.
  • * G. K. Chesterton
  • “I wonder what a paradox is,” remarked the priest in a ruminant manner.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.
  • Hyponyms

    * See also

    abomasum

    English

    Alternative forms

    * abomasus

    Noun

    (abomasa)
  • (anatomy) The fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum.
  • Synonyms

    * rennet stomach