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Ruminant vs Cavicorn - What's the difference?

ruminant | cavicorn |

As adjectives the difference between ruminant and cavicorn

is that ruminant is chewing cud while cavicorn is (zoology) having hollow horns.

As nouns the difference between ruminant and cavicorn

is that ruminant is an artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer while cavicorn is (zoology) any animal having hollow horns.

ruminant

English

(wikipedia ruminant)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Chewing cud.
  • Pondering; ruminative.
  • * G. K. Chesterton
    • “I wonder what a paradox is,” remarked the priest in a ruminant manner.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * ruminate ----

    cavicorn

    English

    (wikipedia cavicorn) (Cavicornia)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (zoology) Having hollow horns

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any animal having hollow horns
  • The hollow-horned ruminants, treated as a taxonomic group Cavicornia .