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ruminant
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ruminant
adj.
cud-chewing, characterized by regurgitation and re-chewing of food (about animals); meditative, contemplative
n.
animal which regurgitates food and re-chews it, animal which chews the cud
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Ruminant
Ruminants are mammals that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions. The process typically requires the fermented ingesta (known as cud) to be regurgitated and chewed again. The process of rechewing the cud to further break down plant matter and stimulate digestion is called rumination. The word "ruminant" comes from the Latin ruminare, which means "to chew over again".
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ruminant
Noun
1. any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
(hypernym) even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal
(hyponym) pollard
(member-holonym) Ruminantia, suborder Ruminantia
(part-meronym) rumen, first stomach
(derivation) ruminate
(class) ruminate
Adjective
1. related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals"
(antonym) nonruminant
(pertainym) Ruminantia, suborder Ruminantia
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ruminant
adj.
ruminant, cud-chewing, characterized by regurgitation and re-chewing of food (about animals)
ruminant
nm.
ruminant, animal which regurgitates food and re-chews it, animal which chews the cud
ruminer
v.
ruminate, mull over, ponder
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ruminant
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