About The Word Ruminant
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Ruminant
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What's The Definition Of Ruminant?
[n] any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
[adj] related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ruminant: Related Terms | Find terms related to Ruminant: See Also | abomasum | American antelope | Antilocapra americana | artiodactyl | artiodactyl mammal | bovid | camelopard | cervid | chevrotain | deer | even-toed ungulate | first stomach | fourth stomach | Giraffa camelopardalis | giraffe | mouse deer | omasum | pollard | prongbuck | pronghorn | pronghorn antelope | psalterium | reticulum | rumen | Ruminantia | second stomach | suborder Ruminantia | third stomach Ruminant In Webster's Dictionary \Ru"mi*nant\, a. [L. ruminans, -antis, p. pr.: cf. F.
ruminant. See {Ruminate}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been
swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
\Ru"mi*nant\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia. |
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