What is the meaning of ruminant?

noun

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

adjective

  • Related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud.
    • usage: "ruminant mammals"
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