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cud Definition


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cud
noun
    1. In ruminant animals, eg cattle: the partially digested food that is regurgitated from the first stomach into the mouth to be chewed again.
Idiom: chew the cud
    colloq
    To meditate, ponder or reflect.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon cwidu.



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