ruminant
pronunciation
How to pronounce ruminant in British English:
UK [ˈru:mɪnənt]
How to pronounce ruminant in American English:
US [ˈrumənənt]
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- Noun:
- any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
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- Adjective:
- related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud
Word Origin
- ruminant (n.)
- 1660s, from Latin ruminantem (nominative ruminans), present participle of ruminare "to chew the cud" (see ruminate). As an adjective from 1670s.
Example
- 1. Molybdenum toxicity and molybdenum poisoning of ruminant .
- 2. The new measure builds on fda \ 's 1997 feed regulation , which prohibited the use of certain mammalian proteins in ruminant feed .
- 3. For example , increased use of ruminant bone and meat meal as feed supplement for cattle appear to have played a role in the emergence of bse .
- 4. Ruminant formula for the future : nutrition or pathology : elevating performance and health .
- 5. In 1997 , canada introduced a ban on the feeding of ruminant meat and bone meal to ruminant animals .