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ruminant

[roo-muh-nuhnt] / ˈru mə nənt /


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And under the new Ruminant Genetics Programme, it is also for environmental reasons.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2023

Ruminant livestock need grass, which often means farmers chop down the trees or shrubs previously there, making pasture inhospitable for native species.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2023

Figure 25.8 Ruminant animals, such as goats and cows, have four stomachs.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Ruminant animals like cattle produce methane as microbes ferment fibrous carbohydrates in their stomachs into digestible form.

From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2020

Even the comparatively scanty Eocene fauna yields examples of the orders Cheiroptera, Insectivora, Rodentia, and Perissodactyla; of Artiodactyla under both the Ruminant and the Porcine modifications; of Carnivora, Cetacea, and Marsupialia.

From Critiques and Addresses by Huxley, Thomas Henry




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