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Definition of Ruminant
1. Noun. Any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments.
Specialized synonyms: Pollard, Bovid, American Antelope, Antilocapra Americana, Prongbuck, Pronghorn, Pronghorn Antelope, Cervid, Deer, Chevrotain, Mouse Deer, Camelopard, Giraffa Camelopardalis, Giraffe
Generic synonyms: Artiodactyl, Artiodactyl Mammal, Even-toed Ungulate
Group relationships: Ruminantia, Suborder Ruminantia
Terms within: First Stomach, Rumen, Reticulum, Second Stomach, Omasum, Psalterium, Third Stomach, Abomasum, Fourth Stomach
Examples of category: Ruminate, Predigest
Derivative terms: Ruminate
Generic synonyms: Artiodactyl, Artiodactyl Mammal, Even-toed Ungulate
Group relationships: Ruminantia, Suborder Ruminantia
Terms within: First Stomach, Rumen, Reticulum, Second Stomach, Omasum, Psalterium, Third Stomach, Abomasum, Fourth Stomach
Examples of category: Ruminate, Predigest
Derivative terms: Ruminate
2. Adjective. Related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud. "Ruminant mammals"
Definition of Ruminant
1. a. Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
2. n. A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.
Definition of Ruminant
1. a hoofed, even-toed mammal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ruminant
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruminant
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