ruminant
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(noun) any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments |
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Related Words: American antelope, Antilocapra americana, Giraffa camelopardalis, Okapia johnstoni, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, bovid, camelopard, cervid, chevrotain, deer, even-toed ungulate, giraffe, mouse deer, okapi, pollard, prongbuck, pronghorn, pronghorn antelope |
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(adjective) related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals" |
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Antonyms: nonruminant |
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