An even-toed ungulate with a four chambered stomach The four chambers are: rumen, reticulum, abomasum and omasum
an animal such as a cow that has several stomachs and eats grass. Any cud-chewing ungulate, including antelope, camels, cattle, deer, giraffes, goats, okapis, pronghorn, and sheep. Most ruminants have a four-chambered stomach, two-toed feet, and small or absent upper incisors. Camels and chevrotains have three-chambered stomachs. Ruminants eat quickly, storing masses of grass (grazers) or foliage (browsers) in the first stomach chamber, the rumen, where it softens. They later regurgitate the material, called cud, and chew it again to break down the undigestible cellulose. The chewed cud goes directly to the other chambers, where various microorganisms help in its digestion
Herbivorous mammals such as cows that chew the cud and have complex stomachs containing microorganisms that break down the cellulose in plant material
{s} cud-chewing, characterized by regurgitation and re-chewing of food (about animals); meditative, contemplative
An animal thet chews the cud and has a complex digestive system with a four part stomach enabling bacteria to break down food Ruminants lack upper incisor teeth and their complex stomach allows them to store and digest large amounts of bulky and fibrous food
any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
animals are those which have even-toed hooves and chew their cud Such farm animals include cattle, sheep, and goats
Mammal whose stomach has four partsÑrumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum e g Cattle, sheep, goats, deer
any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals
mammals that have 4 stomachs and chew their cud are ruminants They are herbivores and the plant material they eat is difficult to digest In ruminants the 4 digestive chambers accommodate a large number of bacteria which help digest the plant material Members of the deer family and mountain sheep and goats are all ruminants