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third stomach

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Noun1.third stomach - the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminantthird stomach - the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
stomach, tum, tummy, breadbasket - an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion


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OMASUM The third stomach has many layers for absorbing nutrients.
To his left, the Groakken from Ursa Minor was a shapeless transparent jelly who, but for the recently consumed lunch currently shifting between its second and third stomachs, was completely invisible.
 
 
 
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