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Old English

cudu

cud; gum, resin

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A resting cow chewing a moist fibrous bolus, with a restrained anatomical cutaway showing partly digested plant material returning from the rumen through the esophagus to the mouth.
noun

cud

KUD/kʌd/

Partly digested food brought back to the mouth by animals such as cows to be chewed again.

Etymology
cudOld Englishcud; gum, resin

Old English cudu already meant food brought back up for chewing, but also meant gum, resin, or mastic. The modern sense preserves the animal-feeding meaning.

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