the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun-plural. A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
A series or section of artiodactyl ungulate mammals; the ruminants or ruminating animals, or hoofed quadrupeds that chew the cud.
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n. cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels
Word Usage
"Of the non-ruminantia we have only the Suidae -- the peccaries belonging to America, and the hippopotami to Africa."