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• n  the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing

• rumen

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• Ruminating is for Cows
  Ruminating is something that cows do. They are designed to chew their food and have it pass to their first stomach. Then, their half-digested food is returned from their first stomach to their mouth for further chewing. Ruminating is also something that humans do, but, in humans, it is not a posi- tive response to […]
  March 12, 2014 - Aventura News