ruminant

Relating to or denoting an animal that chews cud, such as a cow, sheep, or goat.

• 🇫🇷Qui se rapporte à un animal qui mâche la chique, comme la vache, le mouton ou la chèvre ; ou qui évoque ces animaux.

1. Related to cud-chewing animals C1 formal

   Describing animals that chew a cud, typically having a complex stomach with multiple chambers.

   • Cows and sheep are ruminant animals.
   • The ruminant digestive system allows them to break down tough plant fibers.
   • Ruminant species are vital to many agricultural systems.

   🇫🇷Ruminant (relatif aux animaux qui ruminent)

2. Thoughtful or contemplative C2 formal

   Characterized by deep or prolonged thought; meditative.

   • He gave a ruminant pause before answering the question.
   • Her ruminant expression suggested she was lost in thought.
   • The philosopher's ruminant nature led to many profound insights.

   🇫🇷Pensif, méditatif

   Synonymes: broodingcontemplativemeditativemusingpensivereflectivethoughtful

• more ruminant comparative form
• most ruminant superlative form

A noun referring to any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals with a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments.

• 🇫🇷Nom masculin désignant tout mammifère herbivore ongulé de l'ordre des artiodactyles, caractérisé par un estomac divisé en plusieurs compartiments (souvent quatre, parfois trois) et qui rumine, c'est-à-dire régurgite et remâche les aliments après leur ingestion.

1. Cud-chewing mammal C1 formal scientific

   Any of various hoofed mammals that chew cud, typically having a stomach divided into four compartments (rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum).

   • Cows, sheep, and goats are all examples of ruminants.
   • The digestive system of a ruminant is highly specialized for breaking down tough plant material.
   • Ruminants regurgitate their food to chew it again, a process known as 'chewing the cud'.

   🇫🇷Ruminant

• ruminants plural form
• ruminants' possessive plural form
• ruminant's possessive singular form