Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

omasus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oma-sus
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"1658: after a fuller mastication, and salivous mixture, what part thereof descendeth again, in a moist and succulent body, it slides down the softer and more permeable Orifice, into the Omasus or third stomack — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 192)"

Etymology

Misinterpretation of Latin omasum.

Questions

What does omasus mean?: The omasum.
Where does omasus come from?: Misinterpretation of Latin omasum.

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