Definition of Ruminants. Meaning of Ruminants. Synonyms of Ruminants

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Definition of Ruminants

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 Ruminants from wikipedia

- of four like ruminants. The Hippopotamidae (comprising hippopotamuses) are well-known examples. Pseudoruminants, like traditional ruminants, are foregut...
- 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...
- 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 ruminants. Herbivores digest cellulose by microbial fermentation. Monogastric herbivores which can digest cellulose nearly as well as ruminants are...
- America. The ruminants (Ruminantia) consist of six families: The mouse deer (Tragulidae) are the smallest and most primitive even-toed-ruminants; they inhabit...
- In ruminant livestock, the cause of clinically serious lactic acidosis is different from the causes described above. In domesticated ruminants, lactic...
- digestive tract differing from the ruminants. Hippopotami and camels are ungulate mammals with a three-chambered stomach (ruminants have a four-chambered stomach)...
- microbes living in the digestive system of ruminants, such as cows and sheep. When added to the feed of ruminant animals, it significantly lowers methane...
- cats, cannot digest. Although camels are thought to be ruminants they are not true ruminants. Enteric fermentation occurs when methane (CH4) is produced...
- of oleic acid are produced by microorganisms in the rumens of ruminants. Non-ruminants, including humans, produce certain isomers of CLA from trans isomers...