ruminant
English Thesaurus
1. any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments (noun.animal)
| hyponym | : | pollard, |
| definition | : | a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bovid, |
| definition | : | hollow-horned ruminants (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cervid, deer, |
| definition | : | distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chevrotain, mouse deer, |
| definition | : | very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | camelopard, giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe, |
| definition | : | tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | first stomach, rumen, |
| definition | : | the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | reticulum, second stomach, |
| definition | : | the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | abomasum, fourth stomach, |
| definition | : | the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | ruminantia, suborder ruminantia, |
| definition | : | cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels (noun.animal) |
| domain member category | : | ruminate, |
| definition | : | chew the cuds (verb.consumption) |
| domain member category | : | predigest, |
| definition | : | digest (food) beforehand (verb.consumption) |
| derivation | : | ruminate, |
| definition | : | chew the cuds (verb.consumption) |
2. related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud (adj.pert)
| antonym | : | nonruminant, |
| definition | : | not ruminant (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | ruminate, |
| definition | : | chew the cuds (verb.consumption) |
3. any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | ruminate, |
| definition | : | chew the cuds (verb.consumption) |
4. related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud (adj.pert)
| antonym | : | nonruminant, |
| definition | : | not ruminant (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | ruminate, |
| definition | : | chew the cuds (verb.consumption) |
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