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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

omasum (psalterium) In Ruminantia, the third chamber of the stomach, in which water is absorbed.

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