Definition of ruminant

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

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Rumen :: Rumen (n.) The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below.
Manyplies :: Manyplies (n.) The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant..
Taurus :: Taurus (n.) A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.
Bovid :: Bovid (a.) Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type.
Caprid :: Caprid (a.) Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type..
Sivatherium :: Sivatherium (n.) A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species..
Plenicorn :: Plenicorn (n.) A ruminant having solid horns or antlers, as the deer..
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.
Muffle :: Muffle (n.) The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.
Farding-bag :: Farding-bag (n.) The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen..
Capra :: Capra (n.) A genus of ruminants, including the common goat..
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..
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..
Tubicorn :: Tubicorn (n.) Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.
Ruminant :: Ruminant (n.) A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.
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..
Reticulum :: Reticulum (n.) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach..
Reed :: Reed (n.) The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
Bos :: Bos (n.) A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold of skin hanging from the neck..
Manifold :: Manifold (n.) The third stomach of a ruminant animal.
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