See rumen.

late 14c. (late 12c. in surnames), from Old French pance (Old North French panche) "belly, stomach," from Latin panticem (nominative pantex) "belly, bowels" (source also of Spanish [..]

To see a large paunch, denotes wealth and the total absence of refinement. To see a shriveled paunch, foretells illness and reverses.   

The abdominal contents of cattle that are removed at the time of slaughter.

(n) a protruding abdomen

The deers stomach or belly area. Pectoral fins

, any pounchlike appendage of the alimentary canal (T-B); in Isoptera, the voluminous, dilated, second or third segment of the hind gut, containing symbiotic protozoa (Noirot, in Krishna and Weesner); [..]

paunch|lang=en * 1861 - "It is better to hang without being paunched..." - Isabella Beeton, ''The Book of Household Management'', Chapter 23, recipe for Roast Hare, no. 1027. * 1955 - "Colonel Korn, a [..]

The first stomach of a ruminant, the rumen. The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding belly of an adult human female. (nautical) A paunch mat. The thickened rim of a bell, struc [..]

===Noun=== ====a protruding belly==== =====Synonyms===== bay window beer belly beer gut beer muscles Buddha belly corporation German goitre paunch pot potbelly spare tire tummy Roget 1911 * Moby II