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    RUMINANT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("ruminant" is a kind of...):

    artiodactyl; artiodactyl mammal; even-toed ungulate (placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot)

    Meronyms (parts of "ruminant"):

    first stomach; rumen (the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing)

    reticulum; second stomach (the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant)

    omasum; psalterium; third stomach (the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant)

    abomasum; fourth stomach (the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place)

    Domain member category:

    ruminate (chew the cuds)

    predigest (digest (food) beforehand)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ruminant"):

    pollard (a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed)

    bovid (hollow-horned ruminants)

    American antelope; Antilocapra americana; prongbuck; pronghorn; pronghorn antelope (fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns)

    cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

    chevrotain; mouse deer (very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa)

    camelopard; Giraffa camelopardalis; giraffe (tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa)

    Holonyms ("ruminant" is a member of...):

    Ruminantia; suborder Ruminantia (cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels)

    Derivation:

    ruminate (chew the cuds)

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cudplay

    Example:

    ruminant mammals

    Classified under:

    Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

    Antonym:

    nonruminant (not ruminant)

    Pertainym:

    Ruminantia (cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels)

    Derivation:

    ruminate (chew the cuds)

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