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Ruminant - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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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
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Ruminant : \Ru"mi*nant\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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)
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Example Usage of Ruminant |
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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 ? |
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The_Saint_G: Je n'en peux plus d'avoir un Ruminant dans le bureau !!!!! |
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Graffiti_Radio: 2. Fruit Bats - "The Blessed Breeze"; The Ruminant Band - 2009 |
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