noun. Any of various hoofed, even-toed, usually horned mammals of the suborder Ruminantia, such as cattle, sheep, deer, antelopes, and giraffes, characteristically having a stomach divided into four compartments and chewing a cud that consists of plant food that is regurgitated when partially digested.

noun. Any of various animals that ruminate but are not in the Ruminantia, including camels, alpacas, and llamas.

adjective. Characterized by the chewing of cud.

adjective. Of or belonging to the Ruminantia.

adjective. Meditative; contemplative.

Ruminating; chewing the cud; belonging to the Ruminantia, or having their characters.

Hence, thoughtful; meditative; quiet.

noun. An animal that chews the cud; any member of the Ruminantia.

adjective. Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

noun. A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.

adjective. Chewing cud.

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

noun. any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments

adjective. related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud

"It is like the battles between certain ruminant animals whose horns are set at such an angle that they are incapable of hurting one another."

ruminate  

artiodactyl  artiodactyl mammal  even-toed ungulate  

american antelope  antilocapra americana  bovid  camelopard  cervid  

amoebae  ergot  extrovert  featherless  grazers  

amphibian  aquatic  asinine  biped  bovid