Thesaurus:ruminant

Thesaurus

ruminant

English

Noun

Sense: artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud

Synonyms

• ruminant

Hyponyms

• cow
• deer
• sheep    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cattle
• goat
• giraffe
• bison
• yak
• water buffalo
• wildebeest
• gnu
• gazelle
• antelope
• pronghorn
• nilgai
•   —
• camel
• alpaca
• llama

Hypernyms

• herbivore
• mammal    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “ruminant” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.