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ruminant

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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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riant ruminant remnant ruminantia ruminate
Words contain "ruminant":
nonruminant ruminant ruminantia suborder ruminantia
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