reinˈgestion
[re- 5 a.]
= refection n. 2 d.
| 1956 Thompson & Worden Rabbit iii. 27 It is difficult to believe that reingestion has not in fact been observed many times. 1964 H. N. Southern Handbk. Brit. Mammals 254 Utilization of food [by rabbits] assisted by reingestion, or refection, in which soft faecal pellets (mainly from caecum, where microbial digestion occurs) are swallowed. 1964 R. M. Lockley Private Life of Rabbit x. 103 Reingestion was observed both out of doors by day and below ground. |