‖ Ruminantia
(ruːmɪˈnænʃ(ɪ)ə)
[L., neut. pl. of the pres. pple. of rūminārī or rūmināre to ruminate.]
The class of ruminant animals.
| 1830 R. Knox Béclard's Anat. 325 In the carnivora, the ruminantia,..the hemispheres..cover a part of the cerebellum. 1870 Flower Osteol. Mamm. (1876) 77 In the Ruminantia there are usually seven segments altogether in the sternum. |