ruminant

ruminant
I. noun Date: 1661 a ruminant mammal II. adjective Date: 1691 1. a. (1) chewing the cud (2) characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed b. of or relating to two suborders (Ruminantia and Tylopoda) of herbivorous even-toed hoofed mammals (as sheep, oxen, deer, and camels) that chew the cud and have a complex 3- or 4-chambered stomach 2. given to or engaged in contemplation ; meditative <
stood there…in this attitude of ruminant relish — Thomas Wolfe
>
ruminantly adverb

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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