Characteristic for cows is their fluid dung, in contrast to the solid dung of other ruminants like sheep or deer. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
ruminant mammals. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a ruminant scholar. From Dictionary.com.
If you want to subsist solely on weeds like some sort of bipedal ruminant, that is your right - go for it. From Wordnik.com. [TED 2008: Crow vending machine maker Joshua Klein - Boing Boing] Reference
My word of the day is "ruminant", in case anyone is wondering. From Wordnik.com. [HH Com 160] Reference
A kind of ruminant, and would care nothing for all the fiends in the Red. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain of the Polestar] Reference
For ruminant animals, peels are good energy feeds. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
Photograph of model of digestive tract of ruminant. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
"I wouldn't, Joyce," she said in her ruminant tone. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
It's something that in a ruminant animal naturally occurs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2005] Reference
Oh yeah, and I know the four parts of the ruminant stomach. From Wordnik.com. [hamletwildie Diary Entry] Reference
THE STOMACH OF THE HOG is a type between the carnivora and ruminant. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
This shows the feed value of sweet potato vines to ruminant animals. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
'Accursed ruminant,' he muttered, and decided to go to the kapheneion. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
Another beneficial by-pass protein for ruminant feed is sewage sludge. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
A species of ruminant, or, according to the native account, a species of. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
'That no member of the class, horse, is a member of the class, ruminant.'. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
Most farm animals have either ruminant or non-ruminant digestive systems. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
We put precautions in place such as the ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban in 1997. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2003] Reference
Regions corresponding to parts of the ruminant stomach are labeled in brackets. From Wordnik.com. [11 The Bearded Pig] Reference
In India, preliminary results on using spent straw as a ruminant feed are promising. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 16] Reference
The stomachs of ruminant animals excited his interest, and he described their structure. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
The non-ruminant animals are monogastric (with single stomachs), such as pigs and poultry. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
For example, dietary oil levels of more than about 5% disturb fibre digestion in the ruminant. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
Unlike conventional ruminant livestock, it is suitable for feeding an average family at one meal. From Wordnik.com. [26 Mouse Deer] Reference
Because of their small size, these species might make good laboratory animals for ruminant studies. From Wordnik.com. [26 Mouse Deer] Reference
Fonio grain is digested efficiently by cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, and other ruminant livestock. From Wordnik.com. [3. Fonio (Acha)] Reference
'Pelagia,' remonstrated the doctor, 'your accursed ruminant has eaten everything I've written tonight. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
'In the first place, I am not fond of the ruminant, and in the second place you will not argue with me. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
This lower digestibility causes the material the ruminant eats to remain in the rumen for a longer time. From Wordnik.com. [9: Domestic animals] Reference
The presence of glucosinolates in rapeseed limits the use of the oilseed for ruminant feed or as a fertilizer. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
Now, with a dreamy look in her large blue-gray orbs, she gazed out to seaward, and remarked as if in a ruminant mood. From Wordnik.com. [All Aboard A Story for Girls] Reference
Thus when we say 'All cows are ruminants,' we may mean that the class, cow, is contained in the larger class, ruminant. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
She liked, too, to call at the cottage for mother and child, and take them for long rambling drives behind her ruminant pony. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
The animal in question was born before the 1997 feed ban that prevented putting ruminant parts of cattle and into their feed. From Wordnik.com. [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference
Indeed, they browse leaves, a behavior more often found in a deer than in a pig, and have been referred to as "ruminant pigs.". From Wordnik.com. [11 The Bearded Pig] Reference
Leucaena is perhaps best known as a fodder plant for ruminant animals, with high acceptability and dry matter digestibility (55-70%). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 28] Reference
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