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ruminant

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹuːmɪnənt/Part of speech noun, adjectiveSorted aimnnrtuStarts with REnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen (first stomach of a ruminant)”).

Used in a sentence

  • “I wonder what a paradox is,” remarked the priest in a ruminant manner.
  • Flesh behind steel and glass is unprotected From enemies that whisper to the blood; The scratch forgotten is the scratch infected; The ruminant, reason, chews a poisoned cud.

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