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

A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.

In a ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud.

Not ruminating; as, a nonruminant animal.

The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia.

One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia. The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. Spenser.

A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.

A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold of skin hanging from the neck.

Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type.

A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch…

An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.

A genus of ruminants, including the common goat.

Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type.

A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox.

A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species.

A small ruminant of the family Tragulidæ a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.

A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidæ. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.

One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe. The ruminants have the "cloven foot," i. e., two hoofed digits on each foot. Owen.

The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen.

An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.…