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- noun Plural form of
ruminant .
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Examples
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But (referring still to Fig. 1) the legitimacy of contrapositing O. is equally clear; for if _Some ruminants are not hollow-horned_, _Some animals that are not hollow-horned are ruminants_, namely, all the animals between the two ring-fences.
Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889
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_Some ruminants are not hollow-horned_, but also shows this to be compatible with _All hollow-horned animals are ruminants_ (A.).
Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889
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_Some ruminants are not hollow-horned_ must be a negative proposition, having 'hollow-horned' for its subject, either in E. or O.; but these would be respectively the contrary and contradictory of _All hollow-horned animals are ruminants_; and, therefore, if this be true, they must both be false.
Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889
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Animals that chew the cud and have split hooves are known as ruminants.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Animals that chew the cud and have split hooves are known as ruminants.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Animals that chew the cud and have split hooves are known as ruminants.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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It appears that one of the requirements for being a member of the Red Ryder Roughnecks, that resplendent regiment of regurgitating ruminants, is to be able to find cute aphorisms and quotes without attribution.
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Animals that chew the cud and have split hooves are known as ruminants.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Animals classified as ruminants, including cattle, got this name because they chew their cud, going back over the same food again and again to aid in its digestion.
The Chemistry of Calm M.D. Henry Emmons 2010
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The key to the rise of the ruminants is their highly specialized, multichamber stomach, which accounts for a fifth of their body weight and houses trillions of fiber-digesting microbes, most of them in the first chamber, or rumen.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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