单词 | ruminantia |
释义 | Ruminantian. Zoology. With plural agreement. A division of hoofed mammals that comprises the ruminants, now regarded as a suborder of Artiodactyla that excludes the camel family (cf. tylopod adj. and n. at tylo- comb. form ). Also: mammals of this division (collectively or individually). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > [noun] Ruminantia1807 1807 W. Lawrence in tr. J. F. Blumenbach Short Syst. Compar. Anat. vii. Additions 182 In the ruminantia, where the stomach is very complicated, the cæcum is of moderate size. 1870 W. H. Flower Introd. Osteol. Mammalia (1876) 77 In the Ruminantia there are usually seven segments altogether in the sternum. 1892 Internat. Cycl. XII. 811 The ruminantia are all strictly and exclusively herbivorous. 1920 Ann. Rep. N.Y. State Coll. Agric. 1919 II. 1188 The sheep belongs to that large order of quadrupeds known as the Ruminantia for the reason that they are all ruminating, or cud-chewing, animals. 1962 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 156 268 The hippopotamus is an artiodactyl, like the Ruminantia and Tylopoda. 2008 I. J. Gordon & H. H. T. Prins Ecol. Browsing & Grazing xii. §.5 313 Fossil evidence for the Ruminantia dates back from the Eocene. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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