cud
Twice-processed grass
Cud is food that returns from a ruminant's stomach to be chewed again.
Cows, sheep, and goats swallow grass hastily, then regurgitate it later for thorough grinding—this is chewing the cud.
The phrase extends figuratively to mulling something over: He sat chewing the cud on what she'd said.
First stomach of ruminants
- reticulumNet-shaped anatomical structure
- abomasumRuminant's acid-secreting stomach
- foregutAnterior alimentary canal portion
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
microbes · bacteria · enzymes · cellulose · regurgitate · bolus · stomach · gastric
Female bovine
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- bovineOf the cattle family
- buffaloLarge North American bovine
- bisonLarge wild ox
yak · deer · elk · moose · giraffe · antelope · goat · sheep
Crush food orally
- bolusChewed food mass
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
- molarsRear crushing teeth
- incisorsFront cutting teeth
mandible · jaw · grind · gnaw · munch · chomp · bite · rechew
rumen
First stomach of ruminants
- reticulumNet-shaped anatomical structure
- abomasumRuminant's acid-secreting stomach
- foregutAnterior alimentary canal portion
fermentation · microbes · bacteria · enzymes · cellulose · regurgitate · bolus · stomach · gastric · herbivore
cow
Female bovine
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- bovineOf the cattle family
- buffaloLarge North American bovine
bison · yak · deer · elk · moose · giraffe · antelope · goat · sheep · llama
masticate
Crush food orally
incisors · mandible · jaw · grind · gnaw · munch · chomp · bite · rechew · swallow
chaw
Wad of tobacco
spittoon · cuspidor · spit · smokeless · pouch · dip · snuff · wad
pasture
Grazing ground for livestock
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- herbageSucculent leafy vegetation
forage · fodder · alfalfa · clover · hay · silage · graze · browse · feedlot · range
- cattlecow, moo, cows, bull, bulls
- chewablesgum, bubble gum, chewing gum, bubblegum, gummy bears
- numismaticscoin collecting, coin, coinage, coin collections, rare coins
- collector errorsdouble strike, off-center, misprint, mule, imperforate
- Rumenrumen, reticulum, abomasum, rumination, regurgitation
- camelidscamel, llama, alpaca, dromedary, guanaco
- chew the cudRe-chew partially digested food
- chewing the cudRegurgitating food to rechew
- chewing cudRechewing regurgitated food