What does "ruminant" mean?
Ruminant: Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
Additional senses
- 2.A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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