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ruminant
adjective
noun
Related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud
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ˈɹuːmɪnənt
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adjective
Related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud
“Ruminant mammals”
noun
Any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
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Ruminant mammals
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