'Ruminant' definitions:
Definition of 'ruminant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals" [ant: nonruminant]
noun
Any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
Definition of 'Ruminant'
From: GCIDE
- Ruminant \Ru"mi*nant\, a. [L. ruminans, -antis, p. pr.: cf. F. ruminant. See Ruminate.] (Zool.) Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ruminant'
From: GCIDE
- Ruminant \Ru"mi*nant\, n. (Zool.) A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ruminant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amphibian,
- aquatic,
- asinine,
- biped,
- bovid,
- bovine,
- canine,
- cannibal,
- caprid,
- caprine,
- carnivore,
- chewing,
- cogitative,
- cognitive,
- concentrating,
- concentrative,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- conceptualized,
- contemplating,
- contemplative,
- cosmopolite,
- cowish,
- cowlike,
- cud-chewing,
- deerlike,
- deliberating,
- deliberative,
- equestrian,
- equine,
- excogitating,
- feline,
- gnawer,
- goatish,
- goatlike,
- herbivore,
- hircine,
- hoggish,
- hoofed,
- horsy,
- ideative,
- insectivore,
- introspective,
- invertebrate,
- mammal,
- mammalian,
- manducatory,
- marsupial,
- marsupialian,
- masticatory,
- meditating,
- meditative,
- mental,
- mulish,
- museful,
- musing,
- noetic,
- omnivore,
- ovine,
- pensive,
- piggish,
- pondering,
- prehensive,
- primate,
- quadruped,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- reptile,
- rodent,
- ruminating,
- ruminative,
- scavenger,
- serious,
- sheepish,
- sheeplike,
- sober,
- speculative,
- swinish,
- thinking,
- thought,
- thoughtful,
- ungulate,
- varmint,
- vermin,
- vertebrate,
- wistful