Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

ruminans

-antis

, p. pr.: cf. F.

ruminant

. See

(Zool.)

Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

Noun.

(Zool.)

A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.

Adj.

[L. rumino.] Chewing the cud; having the property of chewing again what has been swallowed; as ruminant animals.

Noun.

An animal that chews the cud. Ruminants are four footed, hairy and viviparous.