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- Ruminant - a. - Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
- Ruminant - n. - A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.
- Ruminantia - n. pl. - A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.
- Ruminantly - adv. - In a ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud.
- Tubicorn - n. - Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.
- Llama - n. - A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes.
- Plenicorn - n. - A ruminant having solid horns or antlers, as the deer.
- Deer - n. sing. & pl. - A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidae. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.
- Bos - n. - A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold of skin hanging from the neck.
- Camel - n. - A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch on the back, while the Bactrian camel (C. Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicua, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia).
- Antelope - n. - One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia.
- Chevrotain - n. - A small ruminant of the family Tragulidae a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.
- Ruminantly - adv. - In a ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud.
- Bovid - a. - Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type.
- Goat - n. - A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
- Giraffe - n. - An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.
- Reindeer - n. - Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.
- Manifold - n. - The third stomach of a ruminant animal.
- Bezoar - n. - A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.
- Farding-bag - n. - The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen.
- Ruminant - n. - A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.
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