ruminant

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
  2. adjective related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud

Etymology

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

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