ruminant
Example Sentences
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Cattle and other ruminant livestock contribute to climate change by releasing methane as they digest plants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
We hear “the strangled ungulate blurt” of a distressed elk, “the ruminant crunch” of a grazing sheep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Their research supports the idea that all of the ruminant headgear forms evolved from a common ancestor as paired bony outgrowths from the animals' "forehead," the area near the frontal bones of the skull.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2024
This indicates that they not only farmed, but raised ruminant animals.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 15, 2023
The danger lies in the increase in nitrates, for the peculiar physiology of the ruminant at once poses a critical problem.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
