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ruminant [ˈruːmɪnənt] n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any artiodactyl mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, the members of which chew the cud and have a stomach of four compartments, one of which is the rumen. The group includes deer, antelopes, cattle, sheep, and goats 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any other animal that chews the cud, such as a camel adj 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) of, relating to, or belonging to the suborder Ruminantia 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of members of this suborder and related animals, such as camels) chewing the cud; ruminating 3. meditating or contemplating in a slow quiet way
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The existence in South America of a fossil horse, of the mastodon, possibly of an elephant, [4] and of a hollow-horned ruminant, discovered by MM. You or I, even had we been able to hear the pitiful wail at so great distance, could not have interpreted it; but to Meriem it meant a species of terror that afflicts the ruminant when a carnivore is near and escape impossible. Then we shall be able to admire, without the slightest disturbance of our prepossessions: we shall hate and despise with that true ruminant relish which belongs to undoubting confidence. |
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