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Ruminant [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Chewing the cud; having the property of chewing again what has been swallowed; as ruminant animals.

Ruminant [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An animal that chews the cud. Ruminants are four footed, hairy and viviparous.

Ruminant [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

Ruminant [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.

Ruminantia [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.

Ruminantly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ruminants Encyclopedia Britannica

RUMINANTS. See Mammalia, vol. xv. p. 431.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 21, p. 59
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