Ru`mi`nan´ti`a
| n. pl. | 1. | (Zool.) A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Ruminantia - cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camelsanimal order - the order of animals Artiodactyla, order Artiodactyla - an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments Bovidae, family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats Antilocapridae, family Antilocapridae - comprising only the pronghorns Cervidae, family Cervidae - deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer family Tragulidae, Tragulidae - chevrotains |
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