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psalterium
[ sawl-teer-ee-uhm ]
noun
Zoology.
plural psalteria
- the omasum.
psalterium
/ ɔːˈɪəɪə /
noun
- the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants, between the reticulum and abomasum Also calledomasum
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٱ۾· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of psalterium1
1855–60; < Late Latin ŧܳ the Psalter, the folds of the omasum being likened to the leaves of a book
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of psalterium1
C19: from Latin ŧܳ Psalter ; from the similarity of its folds to the pages of a book
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Example Sentences
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The dulcimer differed from the psalterium or psaltery chiefly in the manner of playing, the latter having the strings plucked by means of fingers or plectrum.
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He made also a great Psalter, magnum psalterium, superior to any contained in the monastery, except the glossed ones.
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The deerlets possess no psalterium or third stomach, except in a rudimentary form, and their feet approximate to those of the pigs, and they are destitute of horns.
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