Ruminant

a.	1.	(Zool.) Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
n.	1.	(Zool.) A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.

Noun	1.	ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
Adj.	1.	ruminant - related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals" Antonyms: nonruminant - not ruminant

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