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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus;

2. any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels);

3. the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant;
[syn: reticulum, second stomach]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reticulum \Re*tic"u*lum\, n.;pl. Reticula. [L. dim. of rete a net.] (Anat.) (a) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach. (b) The neuroglia. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Reticulum n 1: a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus 2: any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels) 3: the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant [syn: reticulum, second stomach]