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Vinony

ruminant

adjective

  1. mammal that gets nutrients from plants by fermenting it with microbes in a specialized stomach before digestion
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noun

  1. mammal that gets nutrients from plants by fermenting it with microbes in a specialized stomach before digestion
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːmɪnənt/

adj

Etymology: From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen (first stomach of a ruminant)”).

  1. Chewing cud.
  2. Pondering; ruminative.

    ““I wonder what a paradox is,” remarked the priest in a ruminant manner.”

noun

Etymology: From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen (first stomach of a ruminant)”).

  1. Any artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud in the suborder Ruminantia, such as cattle or deer.

    “Flesh behind steel and glass is unprotected From enemies that whisper to the blood; The scratch forgotten is the scratch infected; The ruminant, reason, chews a poisoned cud.”