Definitions for ruminant
ˈru mə nəntru·mi·nant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ruminantadjective

   any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments

2. ruminantadjective

   related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud

   "ruminant mammals"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ruminantnoun

   An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.

2. ruminantadjective

   Chewing cud.

3. Etymology: rumino, to chew the cud

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ruminantadjective

   Having the property of chewing the cud.

   Etymology: ruminant, Fr. ruminans, Latin.

   Ruminant creatures have a power of directing this peristaltick motion upwards and downwards. John Ray.

   The description, given of the muscular part of the gullet, is very exact in ruminants, but not in men. William Derham.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ruminant

   Ruminants (suborder Ruminantia) are hoofed herbivorous grazing or browsing mammals that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions. The process, which takes place in the front part of the digestive system and therefore is called foregut fermentation, typically requires the fermented ingesta (known as cud) to be regurgitated and chewed again. The process of rechewing the cud to further break down plant matter and stimulate digestion is called rumination. The word "ruminant" comes from the Latin ruminare, which means "to chew over again". The roughly 200 species of ruminants include both domestic and wild species. Ruminating mammals include cattle, all domesticated and wild bovines, goats, sheep, giraffes, deer, gazelles, and antelopes. It has also been suggested that notoungulates also relied on rumination, as opposed to other atlantogenates that rely on the more typical hindgut fermentation, though this is not entirely certain.Taxonomically, the suborder Ruminantia is a lineage of herbivorous artiodactyls that includes the most advanced and widespread of the world's ungulates. The suborder Ruminantia includes six different families: Tragulidae, Giraffidae, Antilocapridae, Moschidae, Cervidae, and Bovidae.

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1. ruminant

   A ruminant is a type of mammal that acquires nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized compartment within their stomach prior to digestion, known as the rumen. This group includes animals like cattle, sheep, goats, deer, and giraffes. They are characterized by their unique digestive process which allows them to break down otherwise un-digestible plant material through a process of regurgitation and re-chewing, often referred to as "chewing the cud".

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ruminantadjective

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

2. Ruminantnoun

   a ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia

3. Etymology: [L. ruminans, -antis, p. pr.: cf. F. ruminant. See Ruminate.]

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1. Ruminant

   A ruminant is a mammal that digests plant-based food by initially softening it within the animal's first compartment of the stomach, principally through bacterial actions, then regurgitating the semi-digested mass, now known as cud, and chewing it again. The process of rechewing the cud to further break down plant matter and stimulate digestion is called "ruminating". There are about 150 species of ruminants which include both domestic and wild species. Ruminating mammals include cattle, goats, sheep, giraffes, yaks, deer, camels, llamas, antelope, some macropods. Taxonomically, the suborder Ruminantia includes many of those species except the tylopods, monkeys, and marsupials. Therefore, the term 'ruminant' is not synonymous with Ruminantia. The word "ruminant" comes from the Latin ruminare, which means "to chew over again".

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ruminant

   rōō′mi-nant, adj. having the power of ruminating or chewing the cud—also Ru′minal.—n. an animal that chews the cud, as the ox, &c.—n.pl. Ruminan′tia, the even-toed or Artiodactyl Ungulates, which chew the cud—the Tragulidæ, often called musk-deer; the Cotylophora, including antelopes, sheep, goats, oxen, giraffes, deer; the Camelidæ, or camels and llamas.—adv. Ru′minantly.—v.i. Ru′mināte, to chew the cud: to meditate.—v.t. to chew over again: to muse on.—adj. (bot.) appearing as if chewed, as in the nutmeg, &c.—adv. Ru′minātingly.—n. Ruminā′tion, act of chewing the cud: calm reflection.—adj. Ru′minative, well-considered.—n. Ru′minātor. [L. rumināre, -ātum—rumen, the gullet.]

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1. nutramin

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ruminant in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ruminant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of ruminant in a Sentence

1. Martin Luther:

   At night always carry in your heart something from Holy Scriptures to bed with you, meditate upon it like a ruminant animal, and go softly to sleep; but this must not be too much, rather a little that may be well pondered and understood, that you may find a remnant of it in your mind when you rise in the morning.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ruminant
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ruminant
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ruminant
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruminant
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruminant
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ruminant
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ruminant