Ruminant Synonyms and Antonyms

ro͝omə-nənt
Related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. nonruminant
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. bovid
  2. bovine
  3. contemplative
  4. meditative

Words Related to Ruminant

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. non-ruminant
  2. non-ruminants
  3. sbo
  4. SBOs
  5. ruminant-derived
  6. fishmeal
  7. monogastric
  8. feedstuff
  9. feedmills

Ruminant Sentence Examples

  • As already stated, there is a possibility of this latter ruminant being allied both to the takin and the musk-ox.

  • Australia has no apes, monkeys or baboons, and no ruminant beasts.

  • A peculiar form of baboon, Cynopithecus, and the singular ruminant, Anoa, found in Celebes, seem to have no relation to Asiatic animals, and rather to be allied to those in Africa.

  • In common with an allied ruminant from the same district, previously described as Euceratherium, it seems probable that Preptoceras is related on the one hand to the musk-ox, and on the other to the Asiatic takin, while it is also supposed to have affinities with the sheep. If these extinct forms really serve to connect the takin with the musk-ox, their systematic importance will be very great.

  • Osgood to make an important addition to our knowledge of this remarkable type of ruminant.

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