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

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  1. a. Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
  2. n. A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.
  3. adj. related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud
  4. n. any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
  5. Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia. A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.
  6. Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has beenswallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
  7. j:100 n. any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments a. related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud