ruminant
(ro͞oˈmə-nənt)
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n.Any of various hoofed, even-toed, usually horned mammals of the suborder Ruminantia, such as cattle, sheep, goats, deer, and giraffes, characteristically having a stomach divided into four compartments and chewing a cud consisting of regurgitated, partially digested food.
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adj.Characterized by the chewing of cud.
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adj.Of or belonging to the Ruminantia.