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Ruminant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of various hoofed, even-toed, usually horned mammals of the suborder Ruminantia, such as cattle, sheep, goats, deer, and giraffes, characteristically having a stomach divided into four compartments and chewing a cud consisting of regurgitated, partially digested food.

adj. Characterized by the chewing of cud.

adj. Of or belonging to the Ruminantia.

adj. Meditative; contemplative.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Chewing cud.

n. An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

n. A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Ruminating; chewing the cud; belonging to the Ruminantia, or having their characters.

Hence, thoughtful; meditative; quiet.

n. An animal that chews the cud; any member of the Ruminantia.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments

adj. related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud

Word Usage

"It is like the battles between certain ruminant animals whose horns are set at such an angle that they are incapable of hurting one another."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

artiodactyl mammal artiodactyl even-toed ungulate

Hyponym

chevrotain pronghorn prongbuck antilocapra americana cervid

Same Context

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