psalterium

[sawl-teer-ee-uhm]

noun

Zoology.

plural

psalteria 

1. the omasum.

psalterium

/ sɔːlˈtɪərɪəm /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• psalterial adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of psalterium¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of psalterium¹

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

Example Sentences

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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