Other Definitions
ruminant (enc)

Ruminant

Noun1.ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
pollard - a usually horned animal that as either shed its horns or had them removed
artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate - placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
Ruminantia, suborder Ruminantia - cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels
first stomach, rumen - the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing
second stomach, reticulum - the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
omasum, psalterium, third stomach - the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
abomasum, fourth stomach - the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place
bovid - hollow-horned ruminants
American antelope, Antilocapra americana, prongbuck, pronghorn, pronghorn antelope - fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
chevrotain, mouse deer - very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa
camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe - tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa
ruminate - chew the cuds; "cows ruminate"
predigest - digest (food) beforehand
Adj.1.ruminant - related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals"
nonruminant - not ruminant

 

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