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paunch

(pônch, pänch)
n.
1. The belly, especially a protruding one; a potbelly.
2. See rumen.
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paunch

(1) A popular term dignifying the anterior panniculus of androgenic (male-pattern) obesity.
(2) Rumen, the first and largest of the ruminant stomachs.
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