ruminant

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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

In addition to their association with the destruction of natural habitat, cows and other ruminant animals emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas, as they digest grasses.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

This indicates that they not only farmed, but raised ruminant animals.

From National Geographic • Sep. 15, 2023

The plant material undergoing digestion in the stomachs and intestines of large ruminant herbivores is a not-so-appetizing substance called digesta.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2023

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.

From "1984" by George Orwell