Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From ли̏став (related to leaves or flakes, adjective) +‎ -ац. With the same thought also German Blättermagen from Blätter (leaves) +‎ Magen (maw), French feuillet or other languages where the omasum is called “book”, “bible”, “psalterium”, see the translations for omasum.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ли̏ставац m (Latin spelling lȉstavac)

  1. omasum, psalterium, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

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References edit

  • листавац”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1969, published 1990, page 214