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Meanings of ruminant in English
Mammal that gets nutrients from plants by fermenting it with microbes in a specialized stomach before digestion.
Portuguese
ruminante Related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud.
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Examples for "nonruminant"
Examples for "nonruminant"
1
The major circadian clock gene PER2 is closely related to cell proliferation and lipid metabolism in various nonruminant cell types.
2
Supplementation of diets with β-mannanase to improve FCE has been more extensively studied in nonruminants than in ruminants.
Usage of ruminant in English
1
After increased productivity, the WRI report focuses on meat from ruminant animals.
2
The grinding teeth, by equally gradual steps, take on the ruminant pattern.
3
A more common form of infantile ruminant sport is racing and jumping.
4
In Mame's eyes I remained a mere biped, more ruminant than ever.
5
S. aureus is a major aetiological agent of ruminant mastitis worldwide.
6
After a long ruminant pause, the priest said: You miss a logical step.
7
Background: S. aureus is one of the main pathogens involved in ruminant mastitis worldwide.
8
Five closely related species of small ruminant browsers were very effective in binding tannins.
9
In fact, they subsisted almost entirely upon that great ruminant.
10
She made a low keening noise like an anxious ruminant.
11
Centered on the ruminant was the human skull that had so frightened the plumber.
12
The wide distribution of vWBP-encoding SaPIs among ruminant strains implies an important role in host-adaptation.
13
Gastrointestinal parasitism places serious constraints on small ruminant production.
14
Of all the ruminant animals I know intimately, the white mountain goat is the philosopher-in-chief.
15
This gave her a slow, ruminant look, distinctly attractive.
16
The hillocky back of that lone ruminant grew black as ink in the glow of sunset.
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Translations for ruminant
Russian
Catalan
Ruminant through the time