ruminant

Etymology

From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen(first stomach of a ruminant)”).

adj

  1. Chewing cud.
  2. Pondering; ruminative.
    G. K. Chesterton “I wonder what a paradox is,” remarked the priest in a ruminant manner.

noun

  1. An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.

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