Associations to the word «Rumen»

Wiktionary

RUMEN, noun. The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.

Dictionary definition

RUMEN, noun. The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats