Associations to the word «Ruminant»

Wiktionary

RUMINANT, adjective. Chewing cud.
RUMINANT, adjective. Pondering; ruminative.
RUMINANT, noun. An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.

Dictionary definition

RUMINANT, noun. Any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments.
RUMINANT, adjective. Related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals".

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