Definition of Ruminant
a type of animal with a four-chambered stomach hat brings up food from its stomach and chews it again
Examples of Ruminant in a sentence
The water buffalo is a ruminant, which means it has a four-chambered stomach.
Because the giraffe is a ruminant it rechews the grass after it has already eaten it once.
The animal is called a ruminant because it gets the most value out of its food by bringing it up from its stomach and rechewing.
Camels and Alpacas digest their food in a four-chambered stomach just like any ruminant does.
Because it is not a ruminant, the dog does not rechew its food in the way that sheep and cattle do.
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