adjective
- not being a ruminant; not having a stomach with multiple chambers for chewing cud
Usage: zoological
noun
- an animal that is not a ruminant
Usage: zoological
Examples
- Pigs are nonruminant animals that have simple stomachs.
- The farm raises both ruminant and nonruminant livestock.
- Horses are nonruminants that digest food differently than cattle.
- Nonruminant animals require different feeding strategies.
- Chickens and other nonruminants cannot digest cellulose as efficiently.
- The veterinarian specializes in treating nonruminant farm animals.