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Ruminant

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Noun

1. ruminant

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

Adjective

2. ruminant

related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud

Example Sentences:
'ruminant mammals'

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Ruminant

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noun
1. 
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
2. 
any other animal that chews the cud, such as a camel
adjective
3. 
of, relating to, or belonging to the suborder Ruminantia
4. 
(of members of this suborder and related animals, such as camels) chewing the cud; ruminating
5. 
meditating or contemplating in a slow quiet way

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Ruminant

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adjective
1. 
chewing the cud
2. 
of the cud-chewing animals
3. 
meditative; thoughtful
noun
4. 
any of the suborders (Ruminantia and Tylopoda) of four-footed, cud-chewing artiodactylous mammals: cattle, buffalo, goat, deer, antelope, and giraffe have a stomach with four chambers (the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum) and the camel, llama, and chevrotain have a stomach with three chambers

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Ruminant

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n.
1. Any of various hoofed, even-toed, usually horned mammals of the suborder Ruminantia, such as cattle, sheep, deer, antelopes, and giraffes, characteristically having a stomach divided into four compartments and chewing a cud that consists of plant food that is regurgitated when partially digested.
2. Any of various animals that ruminate but are not in the Ruminantia, including camels, alpacas, and llamas.
adj.
1. Characterized by the chewing of cud.
2. Of or belonging to the Ruminantia.
3. Meditative; contemplative.

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