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paunch

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paunch
1. another name for rumen
2. Nautical a thick mat that prevents chafing
paunch [pȯnch]
(anatomy)
In colloquial usage, the cavity of the abdomen and its contents.
(vertebrate zoology)
rumen


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A PIOUS Person who had overcharged his paunch with dead bird by way of attesting his gratitude for escaping the many calamities which Heaven had sent upon others, fell asleep at table and dreamed.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
I am as healthy as could be, and have grown so fat that I am ashamed to be so sleek of paunch.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
He was getting something of a paunch, and sorrow had no effect on it.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
 
 
 
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