Definition of RUMINANT

ruminant

Meanings

Plural: ruminants

Noun

  • any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
  • Any artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud in the suborder Ruminantia, such as a cow or deer.

Adjective

  • related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud
    • "ruminant mammals"

Adj

  • Chewing cud.
  • Pondering; ruminative.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen (first stomach of a ruminant)”).

Synonyms

ruminant

Antonyms

nonruminant

Scrabble Score: 10

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Words With Friends Score: 14

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