cud
The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their…The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.
» Sami's camel was chewing his cud.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.
Wiedergekäutes, wiedergekäutes Futter
жва́чкаžváčka
жу́йкаžújka
- food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
Examples
3 sentencesSami's camel was chewing his cud.
The ewe was chewing the cud.
Cows spend hours just chewing their cud.
deKühe bringen Stunden mit Wiederkäuen zu. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Origin
From Middle English code, cudde, coude, quede, quide, from Old English cudu, cwidu, from PFrom Middle English code, cudde, coude, quede, quide, from Old English cudu, cwidu, from Proto-West Germanic *kwidu, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz (“resin”). Doublet of quid (“material for chewing”).
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plural: cudsSynonyms
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