reticulum

Noun

reticulum (plural reticula)

1. A network
2. A pattern of interconnected objects.
3. (zoology): The second stomach in a cow or other ruminant

9 letters in word "reticulum": C E I L M R T U U.

No anagrams for reticulum found in this word list.

• Definitions:
• the second chamber of the ruminant digestive tract, used for sorting out fine plant particles for further fermentation. See Artiodactyla for figure.
• a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels) the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
• Reticulum (IPA: , reticle), is one of the minor southern constellations. It was introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille to commemorate the reticle, which was a scientific instrument used to measure star positions.
• A ruminant is any hooved animal that digests its food in two steps, first by eating the raw material and regurgitating a semi-digested form known as cud, then eating the cud, a process called ruminating. ...
• The reticulum is the second chamber in the alimentary canal of a ruminant animal. Anatomically it is considered the smaller half of the reticulorumen along with the rumen.

• reticuloendothelial ←
• reticulocytic ←
• reticulocytes ←
• reticulum
• → reticulums
• → retie
• → retied