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rumens

rumens is the plural of rumen.

Meaning of rumen

Noun

rumen (plural rumina or rumens)

  1. The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.
    • In the newborn ruminant the abomasum is about as large as the rumen and remains relatively large as long as only milk is consumed (Brugnone, 1809). As the young ruminant consumes forages, the reticulum, and particularly the rumen, develop rapidly.2013 [1966], Robert E. Hungate, The Rumen and Its Microbes, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 162
    Synonyms:
    paunch, fack, fardingbag

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Proper noun capitalized: Rumens

Rumens (plural Rumenses)

  1. A surname.

Forms of rumens

pluralRumenses

Questions about rumens

What does rumens mean?
Rumens means a surname.
What is rumens the plural of?
Rumens is the plural of rumen.
What part of speech is rumens?
Rumens is a proper noun.

Words near rumens in the dictionary

  1. rumenic acid
  2. rumenitis
  3. rumenocentesis
  4. rumenotomies
  5. rumenotomy
  6. rumens
  7. Rumenses
  8. Rumer
  9. Rumers
  10. Rumery
  11. Rumerys

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