English dictionary

ruminant

/'r/u/m/@/n/@/nt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud

adj.pert

Examples
Ruminant mammals.

Antonyms nonruminant

Source: WordNet 3.0
Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

adjective

Source: webster1913

any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments

noun.animal

Source: WordNet 3.0
A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.

noun

Source: webster1913