Ruminantia


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Noun1.Ruminantia - cattleRuminantia - cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels
suborder Ruminantia
animal order - the order of animals
Artiodactyla, order Artiodactyla - an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes
ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
Bovidae, family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats
Antilocapridae, family Antilocapridae - comprising only the pronghorns
Cervidae, family Cervidae - deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer
family Tragulidae, Tragulidae - chevrotains
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