Rechewed Food (Noun)
Meaning
Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The cow spent the afternoon lying in the field, quietly rechewing food that had been partially digested in her stomach.
- The goat was expert at reworking and rechewing food in its second stomach to extract every last bit of nutrition.
- The deer swallowed its food hastily, knowing it could rechew food later in a safe place if necessary.
- As the sheep rechewed food, it was able to break down the cellulose in the tough plant material and extract more nutrients.
- A ruminant like a camel has a four-chambered stomach that allows it to rechew food multiple times to maximize nutrient uptake.