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ruminant
[ roo-muh-nuhnt ]
noun
- any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, consisting of the cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, including cattle, sheep, goats, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, and chevrotains.
adjective
- being or relating to animals that ruminate or chew the cud, typically those of the suborder Ruminantia:
Methane emissions from ruminant animals represent a quarter of all methane emissions in the region.
- contemplative; meditative:
In a corner of the library, a ruminant scholar sat poring over a thick book.
ruminant
/ ˈruːmɪnənt /
noun
- any artiodactyl mammal of the suborder Ruminantia , the members of which chew the cud and have a stomach of four compartments, one of which is the rumen. The group includes deer, antelopes, cattle, sheep, and goats
- any other animal that chews the cud, such as a camel
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the suborder Ruminantia
- (of members of this suborder and related animals, such as camels) chewing the cud; ruminating
- meditating or contemplating in a slow quiet way
ruminant
/ ro̅o̅′mə-nənt /
- Any of various even-toed hoofed mammals of the suborder Ruminantia. Ruminants usually have a stomach divided into four compartments (called the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum), and chew a cud consisting of regurgitated, partially digested food. Ruminants include cattle, sheep, goats, deer, giraffes, antelopes, and camels.
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Other Words From
- ru·mi·nant·ly adverb
- non·ru·mi·nant noun adjective
- un·ru·mi·nant adjective
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Away goes your fine brain, the house of thought and instinct, to swell the cud of a ruminant animal!
He was eating in his slow ruminant way—he ate enormously but never hungrily.
Paunch, pawnsh, or pnsh, n. the belly: the first and largest stomach of a ruminant.
Monona, who had previously hidden a cooky in her frock, now remembered it and crunched sidewise, the eyes ruminant.
On the other hand, his intelligence is a grade or two above that of perhaps any ruminant or other herbivorous quadruped.
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