omasa
səm noun, plural o·ma·sa 
[oh-mey-suh] .
[oh-mey-suh] . the third stomach of a ruminant, between the reticulum and the abomasum; the manyplies.
Origin:
1700–10; < Neo-Latin, Latin omāsum bullock's tripe
1700–10; < Neo-Latin, Latin omāsum bullock's tripe
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omasum (əʊˈmeɪsəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -sa | |
| another name for psalterium | |
| [C18: from Latin: bullock's tripe] | |
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Omasa
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| omasum (ō-mā'səm) Pronunciation Key
Plural omasa The third division of the stomach in ruminant animals. It removes excess water from food and further reduces the size of food particles before passing them to the abomasum for digestion by enzymes. See more at ruminant. |
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