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Ruminant :: Ruminant (n.) A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.

Psalterium :: Psalterium (n.) The third stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies.

Pecora :: Pecora (n. pl.) An extensive division of ruminants, including the antelopes, deer, and cattle..

Ruminantly :: Ruminantly (adv.) In a ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud..

Bezoar :: Bezoar (n.) A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea..

Chevrotain :: Chevrotain (n.) A small ruminant of the family Tragulidae a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.

Reindeer :: Reindeer (n.) Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate..

Reticulum :: Reticulum (n.) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach..

Ruminant :: Ruminant (a.) Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

Reed :: Reed (n.) The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.

Rumen :: Rumen (n.) The cud of a ruminant.

Manifold :: Manifold (n.) The third stomach of a ruminant animal.

Goat :: Goat (n.) A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin..

Sweetbread :: Sweetbread (n.) Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, / throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus..

Llama :: Llama (n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes..

Bovid :: Bovid (a.) Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type.

Sheep :: Sheep (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia..

Deer :: Deer (n. sing. & pl.) A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidae. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison..

Caprid :: Caprid (a.) Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type..

Horn :: Horn (n.) A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed..

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