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Definition of Ruminantia
1. Noun. Cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Artiodactyla, Order Artiodactyla
Member holonyms: Ruminant, Bovidae, Family Bovidae, Antilocapridae, Family Antilocapridae, Cervidae, Family Cervidae, Family Tragulidae, Tragulidae
Definition of Ruminantia
1. n. pl. A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.
Medical Definition of Ruminantia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruminantia
Literary usage of Ruminantia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
""le third old order—that of the ruminantia—includes all »ose animals, ... The name
ruminantia is still retained for these animals, as constituting All the ..."
2. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"The third old order—that of the ruminantia—includes all those animals, ...
The name ruminantia is still retained for these animals, as constituting a most ..."
3. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"SUB-SECTION X. THE ORDER OF ruminantia, OR RUMINANTS. THE Order of ruminantia is
one of the best defined of the Mammalia. It comprises all those animals ..."
4. Organic Remains of a Former World.: An Examination of the Mineralized by James Parkinson (1811)
"FOSSIL REMAINS OF ruminantia FOSSIL ELK OF IRELAND STAGS, &C OX, BUFFALO, AUROCH,
&C. THE family of ruminantia, ..."
5. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1867)
"... and the Dugongs are found in the Pacific, and much resemble the Manati.
SUB-SECTION X. THE ORDER OF ruminantia, OR RUMINANTS. THE Order of ruminantia ..."
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