ruminant

& s. [Lat. ruminans, pr. par. of rumino =to ruminate (q. v.); Fr. ruminant; Ital. ruminante.] A. As adj .: Chewing the cud; of or belonging to the order Ruminant i a (q. v.). "The omasus of ruminant quadrupeds."-Ray: On the Creation, pt. ii. B. As subst.: An animal which chews the cud; any individual member of the order Ruminant i a (q.v.).