ruminant

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And under the new Ruminant Genetics Programme, it is also for environmental reasons.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2023

Ruminant livestock need grass, which often means farmers chop down the trees or shrubs previously there, making pasture inhospitable for native species.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2023

Figure 25.8 Ruminant animals, such as goats and cows, have four stomachs.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Ruminant animals like cattle produce methane as microbes ferment fibrous carbohydrates in their stomachs into digestible form.

From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2020

Ruminant, rōō′mi-nant, adj. having the power of ruminating or chewing the cud—also Ru′minal.—n. an animal that chews the cud, as the ox, &c.—n.pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various