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ruminant

/roo-muh-nuhnt/US // ˈru mə nənt //UK // (ˈruːmɪnənt) //

反刍动物,反刍类动物,反刍植物,反刍类

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : ruminating; chewing the cud.
    • : contemplative; meditative: a ruminant scholar.

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Examples

  • Many studies have examined the chemicals’ impact on methane in adult ruminants.

  • The team also plans to study how the treatment works on other ruminants, including cattle raised for beef.

  • Away goes your fine brain, the house of thought and instinct, to swell the cud of a ruminant animal!

  • He was eating in his slow ruminant way—he ate enormously but never hungrily.

  • Paunch, pawnsh, or pnsh, n. the belly: the first and largest stomach of a ruminant.

  • Monona, who had previously hidden a cooky in her frock, now remembered it and crunched sidewise, the eyes ruminant.

  • On the other hand, his intelligence is a grade or two above that of perhaps any ruminant or other herbivorous quadruped.