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Meanings of ruminant in English

Russian
жвачные
Portuguese
animais ruminantes
Spanish
cuajar
Catalan
animal remugant
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Mammal that gets nutrients from plants by fermenting it with microbes in a specialized stomach before digestion.

        жвачные
        Portuguese
        ruminante

        Related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud.

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              Usage of ruminant in English
              1
              After increased productivity, the WRI report focuses on meat from ruminant animals.
              The Guardian
              2
              The grinding teeth, by equally gradual steps, take on the ruminant pattern.
              Darwin and Modern Science
              3
              A more common form of infantile ruminant sport is racing and jumping.
              The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
              4
              In Mame's eyes I remained a mere biped, more ruminant than ever.
              Heart of the West
              5
              S. aureus is a major aetiological agent of ruminant mastitis worldwide.
              Pubmed
              6
              After a long ruminant pause, the priest said: You miss a logical step.
              The Wisdom of Father Brown
              7
              Background: S. aureus is one of the main pathogens involved in ruminant mastitis worldwide.
              Pubmed
              8
              Five closely related species of small ruminant browsers were very effective in binding tannins.
              Pubmed
              9
              In fact, they subsisted almost entirely upon that great ruminant.
              The Great Salt Lake Trail
              10
              She made a low keening noise like an anxious ruminant.
              Hemlock Grove
              11
              Centered on the ruminant was the human skull that had so frightened the plumber.
              Devil Bones
              12
              The wide distribution of vWBP-encoding SaPIs among ruminant strains implies an important role in host-adaptation.
              Pubmed
              13
              Gastrointestinal parasitism places serious constraints on small ruminant production.
              Pubmed
              14
              Of all the ruminant animals I know intimately, the white mountain goat is the philosopher-in-chief.
              The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
              15
              This gave her a slow, ruminant look, distinctly attractive.
              The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
              16
              The hillocky back of that lone ruminant grew black as ink in the glow of sunset.
              The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
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              Ruminant through the time