Wiederkäuer

Definitions of Wiederkäuer
  1. noun
    any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
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    Gabelhorntier
    fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
    Rehwild
    distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
    Giraffe
    tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa
    Büffel
    any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo
    Moschusochse
    large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep
    Schaf
    woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
    Ziege
    any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
    Antilope
    graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
    Rotwild
    common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
    Wapiti
    large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
    Sikahirsch
    small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers
    Elch, Elchwild
    large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
    Reh
    small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers
    Ren, Renntier
    Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
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    Paarhufer, Paarzeher, schweineverwandter Paarhufer
    placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
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