rechewing

The process of rechewing the cud to further break down plant matter and stimulate digestion is called “ruminating”.

CSI: Miami – “Bad Seed” Review 2009

Key to the process is the rumen, which "acts as a big fermentation vat," and allows goats to selectively regurgitate food for rechewing until it can actually be digested.

Wired Top Stories 2008

This is yet another reason why I like demiurge theory, which I know I'm an awful bore about but which I'm clearly going to keep rechewing until I write something more solid about it.

The puerile-tragic Adam Roberts Project 2007

Their unique plumbing, together with the habit of regurgitating and rechewing partly digested food, allows ruminants to extract nourishment from high-fiber, poor-quality plant material.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Their unique plumbing, together with the habit of regurgitating and rechewing partly digested food, allows ruminants to extract nourishment from high-fiber, poor-quality plant material.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

A regurgitating and ruminating little animal was the third officer, who always after a meal came up on deck to lean over the after-rail, and spend a few enjoyable minutes in picking his teeth, and rechewing the lumps of food as they welled regularly into his throat; but otherwise a polite little man, plainly waiting for a chance to say a word to Kieran, but too well-bred to break in on any intimate conversation.

Wide Courses 1912