ruminant
nounHow many syllables in ruminant?
There are 3 syllables in the word ruminant.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:
abomasum
american antelope
antilocapra americana
artiodactyl
artiodactyl mammal
bovid
camelopard
cervid
chevrotain
deer
first stomach
fourth stomach
giraffa camelopardalis
giraffe
mouse deer
omasum
pollard
prongbuck
pronghorn
pronghorn antelope
psalterium
reticulum
rumen
ruminantia
second stomach
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Antonyms for ruminant:
absent-minded
apathetic
casual
cheerful
cursory
depthless
empty
fatuous
flimsy
flippant
ignorant
inane
inattentive
irreflective
light
one-dimensional
peripheral
shallow
slapdash
slipshod
spontaneous
superficial
thoughtless
token
trivial
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