What is the name of the partly digested cellulose?
                                
                                
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                                Over 150 different species of ruminant animals rely on a specialized digestive process to survive on a diet of fibrous plants. A key component of this process is cud, the name for the partly digested cellulose these animals regurgitate and re-chew.