psalterium

American

[sawl-teer-ee-uhm] / sɔlˈtɪər i əm /

noun

Zoology.

plural

psalteria

the omasum.

psalterium British

/ sɔːlˈtɪərɪəm /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

psalterial adjective

Etymology

Origin of psalterium

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

Example Sentences

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The dulcimer differed from the psalterium or psaltery chiefly in the manner of playing, the latter having the strings plucked by means of fingers or plectrum.

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He made also a great Psalter, magnum psalterium, superior to any contained in the monastery, except the glossed ones.

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The deerlets possess no psalterium or third stomach, except in a rudimentary form, and their feet approximate to those of the pigs, and they are destitute of horns.

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