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The cud is brought back to the mouth during digestion in ruminants. This is called as

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Ingestion
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Regurgitation
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Egestion
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Absorption
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Solution

The correct option is B Regurgitation
Ruminants have 4-chambered stomach. Reticulum is a part of ruminant's stomach that allow the animal to regurgitate the cud, to reprocess particulate matter and chew the cud again.
So the correct answer is 'Regurgitation'.

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