NOUN (1)

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


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud;
- Example: "ruminant mammals"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ruminant \Ru"mi*nant\, a. [L. ruminans, -antis, p. pr.: cf. F.
   ruminant. See Ruminate.] (Zool.)
   Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been
   swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
   [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ruminant \Ru"mi*nant\, n. (Zool.)
   A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ruminant
    adj 1: related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder
           Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud;
           "ruminant mammals" [ant: nonruminant]
    n 1: any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach
         divided into four (occasionally three) compartments