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paunch
paunch [ pawnch ] (plural paunch·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. big stomach: a large round protruding stomach
2. zoology 
Same as  rumen
[14th century. Via Old French pance, panche< Latin panticem "belly, bowels"]

paunch·y [ páwnchee ] adjective
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