NOUN | animal | Ruminantia, suborder Ruminantia | cattle |
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Meaning | cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels. | |
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Synonym | suborder Ruminantia | |
Member of | Artiodactyla, order Artiodactyla | An order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes |
Members | Antilocapridae, family Antilocapridae | Comprising only the pronghorns |
Bovidae, family Bovidae | true antelopes | |
Cervidae, family Cervidae | deer | |
Tragulidae, family Tragulidae | chevrotains | |
ruminant | Any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments | |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
Spanish | rumiantes | |
Catalan | ruminants | |
Adjectives | nonruminant | not ruminant |
ruminant | related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud |
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