Usually means: Animals that chew cud, herbivorous.
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  9. ruminant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  16. ruminant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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adjective:  Chewing cud.
adjective:  Pondering; ruminative.
noun:  An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.

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