ruminant animal
1Ruminant — Ru mi*nant, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia. [1913 Webster] …
2ruminant — ruminant, ante [ ryminɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. et n. m. • 1555; de ruminer ♦ Qui rumine. Herbivore ruminant. ♢ N. m. (1680) Un ruminant : un animal ruminant. LES RUMINANTS : groupe de mammifères artiodactyles à deux doigts, dont l estomac complexe permet… …
3ruminant — Animal having a rumen a large digestive sac in which fibrous plant material is fermented by commensal microbes, prior to its digestion in a true stomach (the abomasum). Common farm ruminants are cattle and sheep …
4Ruminant — Ruminants Rough illustration of a ruminant digestive system Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …
5Ruminant — Ruminantia Ruminants …
6animal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Any living thing not a plant Nouns 1. animal, beast, brute, creature, living thing, creeping thing, dumb animal; fauna, animal kingdom; buck, bull, bullock; doe; domestic animal, draft animal; wild… …
7ruminant — An animal that chews the cud, material regurgitated from the rumen for rechewing; e.g., the sheep, cow, deer, or antelope. * * * ru·mi·nant rü mə nənt n a ruminant mammal ruminant adj of or relating to two suborders (Ruminantia and Tylopoda) of… …
8ruminant — UK [ˈruːmɪnənt] / US [ˈrumɪnənt] noun [countable] Word forms ruminant : singular ruminant plural ruminants biology an animal such as a cow or a sheep that brings food back from its stomach into its mouth to chew it (= break it into small pieces… …
9ruminant — n. & adj. n. an animal that chews the cud regurgitated from its rumen. adj. 1 of or belonging to ruminants. 2 contemplative; given to or engaged in meditation. Etymology: L ruminari ruminant (as RUMEN) …
10ruminant — ru·mi·nant || ruËmɪnÉ™nt n. animal which regurgitates food and re chews it, animal which chews the cud adj. cud chewing, characterized by regurgitation and re chewing of food (about animals); meditative, contemplative …
