omasus

English

Etymology

Misinterpretation of Latin omasum.

Noun

omasus (plural not attested)

  1. The omasum.
    • 1658: after a fuller mastication, and salivous mixture, what part thereof descendeth again, in a moist and succulent body, it slides down the softer and more permeable Orifice, into the Omasus or third stomack — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 192)

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