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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ru•mi•nant /ˈrumənənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Zoologyan animal that normally brings back food from its stomach into its mouth and chews it again:Ruminants include cows, sheep, and goats.
adj. - Zoologyof or being a ruminant.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ru•mi•nant (ro̅o̅′mə nənt),USA pronunciation n. - Mammals, Zoologyany even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
adj. - Zoologyruminating;
chewing the cud. - contemplative;
meditative:a ruminant scholar.
- Latin rūminant- (stem of rūmināns, present participle of rūminārī, rūmināre to chew cud, meditate), equivalent. to rūmin- (stem of rūmen) rumen + -ant- -ant
- 1655–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ruminant /ˈruːmɪnənt/ n - any artiodactyl mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, the members of which chew the cud and have a stomach of four compartments, one of which is the rumen. The group includes deer, antelopes, cattle, sheep, and goats
- any other animal that chews the cud, such as a camel
adj - of, relating to, or belonging to the suborder Ruminantia
- (of members of this suborder and related animals, such as camels) chewing the cud; ruminating
- meditating or contemplating in a slow quiet way
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