Crossword-Solution: RUMEN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Rumen | n. | The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below. |
| Rumen | n. | The cud of a ruminant. |
We have 17 clues for the answer “RUMEN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Cow's cud | 1 answer |
| the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant | 1 answer |
| first compartment of the stomach of ruminants | 1 answer |
| STOMACH division, first (of ruminant) | 1 answer |
| Ruminant's stomach | 1 answer |
| First stomach of a cow | 1 answer |
| Cow's paunch | 1 answer |
| Cow's first stomach compartment | 1 answer |
| Cow's first stomach | 1 answer |
| Camel's first stomach | 1 answer |
| Bovine quid. | 1 answer |
| Cud. | 2 answers |
| Animal Stomach | 3 answers |
| STOMACH of ruminant | 5 answers |
| COW STOMACH | 10 answers |
| Paunch | 17 answers |
| Stomach | 50 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETARE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with RUMEN (5)
Passing his hand over the sheep’s left flank, and selecting the proper point, he punctured the skin and rumen with the lance as it stood in the tube; then he suddenly withdrew the lance, retaining the tube in its place.
Interestingly, just like in a cow's rumen, there are a few larvae whose digestive tract contains cellulose-decomposing bacteria but these larvae have little overall effect.
Certain fungi can digest cellulose and lignin, as can the symbiotic bacteria inhabiting a cow's rumen.
Fresh cow dung contains bacteria from the cow's rumen that is essential to the rapid decomposition of cellulose and other dry vegetation.
The first of these is the rumen or paunch, in which the unmasticated food is stored; it is a large sac partly bent on itself, and narrowing towards its junction with the oesophagus or gullet, and the entrance into the second chamber.
Quotes with RUMEN (1)
A cow out on grass is just an incredible thing to behold... Cows and other ruminants can do things we just can't do. They have the most highly evolved digestive organ on the planet, called the rumen. And the rumen can digest grass. It takes grass, cellulose in grass, and turns it into protein, very nutritious protein. We can't do that.
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Appears in: NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 18 times in crossword archives (1947–2019).