reticulum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus
  2. noun any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels)
  3. noun the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
    second stomach.

WordNet

Re*tic"u*lum noun
Etymology
L. dim. of rete a net.
Wordforms
plural Reticula
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) (a) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach. (b) The neuroglia.

Webster 1913