n. The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.
n. A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid.
n. The first stomach of ruminating beasts.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A portion of food voluntarily forced into the mouth from the first stomach by a ruminating animal, and leisurely chewed a second time. See ruminate, rumination.
n. A quid.
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n. a wad of something chewable as tobacco
n. food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
Word Usage
"Camels chew their cuds (a cud is what they bring up from the reticulum portion of their 4-chambered stomach to chew again), but they have 2 toes."