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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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