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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
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
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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