psalterium

[ sawl-teer-ee-uhm ]

noun,plural psal·te·ri·a

[sawl-teer-ee-uh]. /sɔlˈtɪər i ə/. Zoology.

the omasum.

Origin of psalterium

1855–60; <Late Latin psaltērium the Psalter, the folds of the omasum being likened to the leaves of a book

Other words from psalterium

psal·te·ri·al, adjective

Words Nearby psalterium

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use psalterium in a sentence

Item aliud psalterium glosatum inpignoratum penes Isabellam Siccadona.
Notes and Queries, No. 2, November 10 1849 | Various
And the fact that the "psalterium Americanum" contained no musical notes or directions also militated against its use.
Sabbath in Puritan New England | Alice Morse Earle
I have read the "psalterium Americanum" with care, and am impressed with its elegance, finish, and dignity.
Sabbath in Puritan New England | Alice Morse Earle
The psalterium is reduced to a mere vestige, and so the stomach has, as in the Tragulina, but three chambers.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers Beddard
Garrod has observed that the chamber of the stomach which varies most among the Pecora is the psalterium.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers Beddard

British Dictionary definitions for psalterium

psalterium

/ (sɔːlˈtɪərɪəm) /

nounplural -teria (-ˈtɪərɪə)

the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants, between the reticulum and abomasum: Also called: omasum

Origin of psalterium

C19: from Latin psaltērium Psalter; from the similarity of its folds to the pages of a book

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Browse