ruminant

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We hear “the strangled ungulate blurt” of a distressed elk, “the ruminant crunch” of a grazing sheep.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Their research supports the idea that all of the ruminant headgear forms evolved from a common ancestor as paired bony outgrowths from the animals' "forehead," the area near the frontal bones of the skull.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2024

This indicates that they not only farmed, but raised ruminant animals.

From National Geographic • Sep. 15, 2023

The plant material undergoing digestion in the stomachs and intestines of large ruminant herbivores is a not-so-appetizing substance called digesta.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2023

It is like the battles between certain ruminant animals whose horns are set at such an angle that they are incapable of hurting one another.

From "1984" by George Orwell