RUMINANT

ruminant

(adjective) related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; “ruminant mammals”

ruminant

(noun) any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

ruminant (comparative more ruminant, superlative most ruminant)

Chewing cud.

Pondering; ruminative.

• G. K. Chesterton

Noun

ruminant (plural ruminants)

An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.

Hyponyms

• See also ruminant

Source: Wiktionary

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Ru"mi*nant, a. Etym: [L. ruminans, -antis, p.pr.: cf. F. ruminant. See Ruminate.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

Ru"mi*nant, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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