heam

English

Etymology

Dialectal form of hame (“membrane”). Compare Old English cildhamma (“womb”), Low German hamen (“afterbirth”), Old Dutch hamme (“afterbirth”). More at hame.

Noun

heam (plural heams)

The afterbirth or secundus of an animal.

Anagrams

HEMA, ah me, ahem, haem, haem-, hame, hæm-

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