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nonruminating

nonruminating adjective: that does not ruminate.

Adjective

nonruminating (not comparable)

  1. That does not ruminate.
    • There have been no reports of the production of cobalt deficiency in nonruminating animals, all of which require dietary vitamin B₁₂.1968, Abraham White, Philip Handler, Emil L. Smith, Principles of biochemistry

Origin of nonruminating

From non- + ruminating.

Questions about nonruminating

What does nonruminating mean?
Nonruminating means that does not ruminate.
What part of speech is nonruminating?
Nonruminating is an adjective.

Words near nonruminating in the dictionary

  1. nonruled
  2. nonrules
  3. nonruling
  4. nonruminant
  5. nonruminants
  6. nonruminating
  7. nonrun
  8. nonrunaway
  9. nonrunaways
  10. nonrunic
  11. nonrunnable

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