ruminante

Definitions of ruminante
  1. noun
    any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
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    cervo
    distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
    giraffa
    tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa
    bovino
    any of various members of the genus Bos
    bufalo
    any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo
    pastorizia, pecora
    woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
    antilope
    graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
    cerbiatto
    a young deer
    daino
    small Eurasian deer
    capriolo
    small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers
    renna
    Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
    okapi
    similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs
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