Definition of Ruminant. Meaning of Ruminant. Synonyms of Ruminant

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Definition of Ruminant

Ruminant
Ruminant Ru"mi*nant, n. (Zo["o]l.) A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.
Ruminant
Ruminant Ru"mi*nant, a. [L. ruminans, -antis, p. pr.: cf. F. ruminant. See Ruminate.] (Zo["o]l.) Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

Meaning of Ruminant from wikipedia

- Ruminants are herbivorous grazing or browsing artiodactyls belonging to the suborder Ruminantia that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food...
- slightly different from other types of digestive tracts such as a ruminant and avian. Ruminant organisms have a four-chambered complex stomach and avian organisms...
- is the largest stomach compartment in ruminants. The rumen and the reticulum make up the reticulorumen in ruminant animals. The diverse microbial communities...
- peste des pe**** ruminants (PPR), is a contagious disease primarily affecting goats and sheep; however, camels and wild small ruminants can also be affected...
- In ruminant livestock, the cause of clinically serious lactic acidosis is different from the causes described above. In domesticated ruminants, lactic...
- The Antilocapridae are a family of ruminant artiodactyls endemic to North America. Their closest extant relatives are the giraffids. Only one species,...
- Rennet (/ˈrɛnɪt/) is a complex set of enzymes produced in the stomachs of ruminant mammals. Chymosin, its key component, is a protease enzyme that curdles...
- A deer (pl.: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies...
- The Ruminant Band is the fourth album by American folk-rock band Fruit Bats, released on August 4, 2009. "Primitive Man" was chosen as the Starbucks iTunes...
- rennet-bag, or reed tripe, is the fourth and final stomach compartment in ruminants. It secretes rennet, which is used in cheese creation. The word abomasum...