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Ruminant
//ˈɹuːmɪnənt// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Chewing cud.
- 2 Pondering; ruminative.
"“I wonder what a paradox is,” remarked the priest in a ruminant manner."
Adjective
- 1 related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud wordnet
Noun
- 1 Any artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud in the suborder Ruminantia, such as a cow or deer.
"Flesh behind steel and glass is unprotected From enemies that whisper to the blood; The scratch forgotten is the scratch infected; The ruminant, reason, chews a poisoned cud."
- 2 any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen (first stomach of a ruminant)”).
Etymology 2
From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen (first stomach of a ruminant)”).
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