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ruminant

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈruːmɪnənt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈrumənənt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ro̅o̅′mə nənt)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ru•mi•nant /ˈrumənənt/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. Zoologyan animal that normally brings back food from its stomach into its mouth and chews it again:Ruminants include cows, sheep, and goats.

adj. 
  1. Zoologyof or being a ruminant.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ru•mi•nant  (ro̅o̅′mə nənt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mammals, Zoologyany even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.

adj. 
  1. Zoologyruminating;
    chewing the cud.
  2. contemplative;
    meditative:a ruminant scholar.
  • Latin rūminant- (stem of rūmināns, present participle of rūminārī, rūmināre to chew cud, meditate), equivalent. to rūmin- (stem of rūmen) rumen + -ant- -ant
  • 1655–65
ru′mi•nant•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ruminant /ˈruːmɪnənt/ n
  1. any artiodactyl mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, the members of which chew the cud and have a stomach of four compartments, one of which is the rumen. The group includes deer, antelopes, cattle, sheep, and goats
  2. any other animal that chews the cud, such as a camel
 adj
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the suborder Ruminantia
  2. (of members of this suborder and related animals, such as camels) chewing the cud; ruminating
  3. meditating or contemplating in a slow quiet way
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