Category:Ruminant

Ru"mi*nant, a. Etym: [l. ruminans, -antis, p.pr.: cf. F. ruminant. See ruminate.] (zoöl.)

Defn: chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been Swallowed; of or pertaining to the ruminantia.

Ruminant Ru"mi*nant, n. (zoöl.)

Defn: a ruminant animal; one of the ruminantia.