NOUN
- the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place
How To Use fourth stomach In A Sentence
- The food, when thoroughly masticated, is conveyed by another channel to the third stomach or many-plies, where it is subjected to muscular action; and, finally, it is conveyed into the fourth stomach, or red bag, which contains the gastric juice, and which in calves is the part used for rennet; and here the process of digestion is completed. The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
- Rennet is derived from the abomasum (fourth stomach) of newly born calves.
- The usual source is the lining of the fourth stomach (the abomasum or true stomach) of a calf, though other young animals may be used.
- The first step is to add a starter culture to milk, and add to that a rennet coagulant, made from a calf's fourth stomach.
- Jim has a magical hairball that was removed from the fourth stomach of an ox.