cuds
Twice-chewed grass wads
Cuds is the plural of cud—the food that ruminant animals like cows and sheep regurgitate from their stomachs to chew again.
The phrase chewing their cuds describes cattle methodically working their jaws, an image often extended to slow, contemplative thought: The committee sat chewing their cuds over the proposal.
rumination
Crushing food orally
- regurgitationEjecting swallowed material
- bolusChewed food mass
- rumenFirst stomach of ruminants
- digestionBodily food breakdown
mastication · fermentation · rechewing · saliva · cows · cattle · bovines · herbivores
chewing
Crushing food orally
- regurgitationEjecting swallowed material
- bolusChewed food mass
- rumenFirst stomach of ruminants
digestion · mastication · fermentation · rechewing · saliva · cows · cattle · bovines · herbivores · ruminants
- chew the cudRe-chew partially digested food
- chewing the cudRegurgitating food to rechew
- chewing cudRechewing regurgitated food