ruminal
adj1
Of, relating to, or situated inside the rumen.
- Mature, nonlactating Holstein cows were surgically modified so that ruminal contents could be removed directly from the rumen (IACUC protocol 95-1-97).1998 September 11, Francisco Diez-Gonzalez et al., “Grain Feeding and the Dissemination of Acid-Resistant Escherichia coli from Cattle”, in Science, volume 281, number 5383, →DOI, pages 1666–1668:
- Homologs of nifH were also present in human oral and bovine ruminal treponemes.2001 June 29, T. G. Lilburn et al., “Nitrogen Fixation by Symbiotic and Free-Living Spirochetes”, in Science, volume 292, number 5526, →DOI, pages 2495–2498:
2
That chews the cud.
- a ruminal animal
- Derived terms
- intraruminal, reticuloruminal, ruminally, transruminal