/
rɪˈtɪkjʊləm/
n.
(pl. reticula
/-lə/
)
- a fine network or net-like structure.
- Zoology the second stomach of a ruminant, having a honeycomb-like structure, receiving food from the rumen and passing it to the omasum.
Derivative
Etymology
C17 (earlier (C16) as reticular): from L., dimin. of rete ‘net’.
