ruminant
nounHow many syllables in ruminant?
There are 3 syllables in the word ruminant.Divide ruminant into syllables:
ru · mi · nant
How to pronounce ruminant:
Definition of ruminant:
- ruminant (noun):
- an animal that chews the cud
- any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments.
- an herbivorous, even-toed, hoofed mammal (suborder ruminantia and tylopoda) that has a complex 3- or 4-chambered stomach
Synonyms for ruminant:
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