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Complete Definition of "ruminant"

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English

Etymology
L. ruminare, to chew the cud

Adjective
en-adj

  1. chewing cud

Translations
trans-top|chewing cud
Danish: drøvtyggende
Finnish: märehtiä|märehtivä
German: wiederkäuend
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Norwegian: drøvtyggende
Portuguese: ruminante
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Noun
en-noun

  1. An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.

Translations
trans-top|artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud
Chinese:

Czech: přežvýkavec m
Danish: drøvtygger c
Dutch: herkauwer
Finnish: märehtijä
French: ruminant m, ruminante f
German: Wiederkäuer m
Greek: μηρυκαστικό (mērykastikó)
Italian: ruminante
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Japanese:

Korean: 반추 동물 (banchu dongmur)
Latin: ruminans nominative, ruminantis genitive
Norwegian: drøvtygger m
Portuguese: ruminante m|f
Russian: жевание жвачки (zhevaniye zhvachki)
Spanish: rumiante m|f
Swedish: idisslare
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Related terms
ruminate


French

Pronunciation
IPA|/ʁy.mi.nɑ̃/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /Ry.mi.nA~/

Adjective
ruminant

  1. ruminant

Noun
ruminant

  1. ruminant

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