'Rumen' definitions:
Definition of 'rumen'
From: WordNet
noun
The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing [syn: rumen, first stomach]
Definition of 'Rumen'
From: GCIDE
- Rumen \Ru"men\, n. [L. rumen, - inis, the throat.]
- 1. (Anat.) The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The cud of a ruminant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rumen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abdomen,
- abomasum,
- bay window,
- beerbelly,
- belly,
- breadbasket,
- craw,
- crop,
- diaphragm,
- embonpoint,
- first stomach,
- gizzard,
- gullet,
- gut,
- honeycomb stomach,
- kishkes,
- manyplies,
- maw,
- midriff,
- omasum,
- paunch,
- pot,
- potbelly,
- potgut,
- psalterium,
- pusgut,
- rennet bag,
- reticulum,
- second stomach,
- spare tire,
- stomach,
- swagbelly,
- third stomach,
- tum-tum,
- tummy,
- underbelly,
- ventripotence