manyplies

noun

(functioning as singular) another name for psalterium

Word Origin for manyplies

C18: from the large number of plies or folds of its membrane

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Historical Examples of manyplies

These are called the paunch, the honeycomb stomach or bag, the manyplies and the abomasum.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History
Theodore Wood