manyplies

British

/ ˈmɛnɪˌplaɪz /

noun

(functioning as singular) another name for psalterium

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Etymology

Origin of manyplies

C18: from the large number of plies or folds of its membrane

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Psalterium, sawl-tē′ri-um, n. the third division of a ruminant's stomach, the omasum or manyplies.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

The manyplies, or third stomach, contains between its laminæ hard, pulverulent, and dry alimentary substances, which are seen sticking to the different leaves.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

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