Definition of RUMINANT

ruminant

Plural: ruminants

Noun

  • An animal that chews the cud, like a cow or goat.
  • any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
  • Any artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud in the suborder Ruminantia, such as a cow or deer.

Adjective

  • related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud
    • "ruminant mammals"

Adj

  • Chewing cud.
  • Pondering; ruminative.

Examples

  • He was a RUMINANT of strategies, constantly chewing over past games for lessons.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen (first stomach of a ruminant)”).

Synonyms

ruminant

Antonyms

nonruminant

Scrabble Score: 10

ruminant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ruminant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ruminant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

ruminant: valid Words With Friends Word