Abomasum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abomasum \Ab`o*ma"sum\, Abomasus \Ab`o*ma"sus\, n. [NL., fr. L.
     ab + omasum (a Celtic word).] (Anat.)
     The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads
     from the third stomach omasum. See {Ruminantia}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  abomasum
       n : the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one
           where digestion takes place [syn: {fourth stomach}]