an animal such as a cow or a sheep that brings food back from its stomach into its mouth to chew it (=break it into small pieces with its teeth) a second time
Synonyms and related words
Words for animals according to what they eat
cannibal
carnivore
feeder
ruminant
noun countable biology
US /ˈrumɪnənt/
Word Forms
singular
ruminant
plural
ruminants
DEFINITIONS1
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an animal such as a cow or a sheep that brings food back from its stomach into its mouth to chew it (=break it into small pieces with its teeth) a second time