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cud

[kuhd] / kʌd /
NOUN
ruminant food
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As with most ruminants, cattle make the most of a paltry diet, converting cud, grains, and crop waste into muscle and milk.

From Scientific American

As with most ruminants, cattle make the most of a paltry diet, converting cud, grains and crop waste into muscle and milk.

From Salon

He can chew on his voice like a cow chews its cud.

From New York Times

In turn, Swinton found the task a chance to, as she put it, “chew one’s own cud.”

From Los Angeles Times

They also spent more time lounging around the barn as they chewed their cud and ruminated the universe.

From New York Times