RUMEN

(Lat.) The name of the paunch or first cavity nf the complex stomach of the Ruminant quadrupeds. RUMINANTS, Ruminant i a. (Lat. mmino, / chew the cud.) The name given by Cuvier to the Pecora of Linrtreus, an order of Ungulate Mammals, including those which have a complicated stomach of four cavities so disposed as to allow of rumination, and a cloven hoof. [s. 1092]