Ruminant - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Ruminant :  adj : related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals" [ant: nonruminant] (noun)

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

Based on WordNet 2.0

Ruminant : \Ru"mi*nant\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Ruminant : \Ru"mi*nant\, a. [L. ruminans, -antis, p. pr.: cf. F. ruminant. See Ruminate.] (Zo["o]l.) Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Ruminant

The_Saint_G: HELP, le bruit du Ruminant traverse la musique dans mon casque ! Je ne vais pas me crever les tympans tout de même ?
The_Saint_G: Je n'en peux plus d'avoir un Ruminant dans le bureau !!!!!
Graffiti_Radio: 2. Fruit Bats - "The Blessed Breeze"; The Ruminant Band - 2009
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