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rumina

/ɹuːˈmaɪnə/

rumina is the plural of rumen.

rumina is the alternative form of rumino.

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

See all 2 meanings of rumen

Meaning of rumino

Noun

rumino (uncountable)

  1. A knock rummy card game of Italian origin for up to six people, in which players try to form sets or sequences of cards.

Proper noun capitalized: Rumina

Rumina

  1. A trans-Neptunian object orbiting in the scattered disc.

Origin of rumina

From Latin Rumina, recalling the provisional designation 2005 RM₄₃.

Questions about rumina

What does rumina mean?
Rumina means a trans-Neptunian object orbiting in the scattered disc.
What is rumina the plural of?
Rumina is the plural of rumen.
What part of speech is rumina?
Rumina is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rumina?
Rumina is pronounced /ɹuːˈmaɪnə/.

Words near rumina in the dictionary

  1. Rumi
  2. Rumi cheese
  3. Rumian
  4. rumicin
  5. Rumiko
  6. rumina
  7. ruminal
  8. ruminally
  9. ruminant
  10. ruminant meat
  11. ruminantly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rumina (page history and authors); Rumina (page history and authors); rumen (page history and authors); rumino (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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