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单词 ruminal
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ruminaln.adj.2

Brit. /ˈruːmᵻnl/, U.S. /ˈrumən(ə)l/
Forms:

α. 1800s– ruminal.

β. 1900s– rumenal.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rūminālis.
Etymology: < classical Latin rūminālis that chews the cud, ruminant (Pliny) < rūmin- , rūmen rumen n. + -ālis -al suffix1. With senses A., B. 1 compare scientific Latin Ruminalia , former order name (1791 or earlier). Compare earlier ruminant adj. and ruminant n.In β. forms after rumen n.
A. n.
= ruminant n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > [noun] > ruminant
ruminator1598
ruminant1661
cud-chewer1719
ruminal1844
1844 London Med. Gaz. 19 Jan. 511/1 In those cases of hypospadias which occasionally occur in the ruminals..the animal seems to have no real female propensities.
1899 45th Ann. Rep. Iowa State Agric. Soc. 1898 55 An eminent French scientist holds that a certain species is present in the digestive tract of ruminals and aids in the process of digestion of cellulose.
B. adj.2
1. Of an animal: ruminant. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Ruminal, ruminant.
2. Of or relating to the rumen of an animal.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > [adjective] > relating to stomachs of
psalterial1865
reticular1889
ruminal1910
omasal1923
1910 S. Sisson Text-bk. Vet. Anat. 479 The third face is often more or less flattened by contact with the rumen, and may be termed the ruminal surface.
1963 K. V. F. Jubb & P. C. Kennedy Pathol. Domest. Animals II. i. 52/1 The ruminal environment is, except immediately after eating, anaerobic.
2007 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 71 752/2 Ruminal microbes may require time to adapt to novel substrates such as moss.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Ruminaladj.1

Brit. /ˈruːmᵻnl/, U.S. /ˈrumən(ə)l/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: Latin rūminālis.
Etymology: < classical Latin rūminālis < Rūmina (or Rūmīna ), the name of a Roman goddess associated with suckling (derived by ancient Roman writers < classical Latin rumis teat, nipple: see rumule n.) + -ālis -al suffix1. In Ruminal fig tree after classical Latin fīcus rūminālis, the fig tree under which Romulus and Remus were supposedly suckled. Compare French figuier Ruminal (1653 or earlier).
In Roman mythology: designating a wild fig tree at the foot of the Palatine Hill under which Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome, were suckled by a she-wolf. Chiefly in Ruminal fig tree.
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1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxx. 150 Dianus Lotus, the Ruminal Fig Tree.
1700 P. Danet Compl. Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Roma The Twins Cradle was found under a Fig-Tree called Ruminal.
1721 D. Humphreys tr. B. de Montfaucon Antiq. Explained I. ii. v. 185 Before her is the Ruminal Fig-tree [Fr. le figuier Ruminal], and at the Foot of it, the Wolf that suckled Romulus and Remus.
1793 A. Murphy in tr. Tacitus Wks. II. 108 The Ruminal tree, that gave shade to Romulus and Remus, begins to decay.
1831 R. Burgess Topogr. & Antiq. Rome I. i. 17 The Ruminal fig-tree probably never had any existence except in the fancy of poets.
1884 H. M. Westropp Early & Imperial Rome 36 Near this cave but somewhat lower was the Ruminal fig-tree, which overshadowed the cradle of the twins when cast on shore.
1901 R. A. Lanciani New Tales Old Rome i. 35 A fig-tree close by was held in veneration..because it symbolized the Ruminal tree, under the shade of which the wolf had tendered maternal care to the twins.
1905 19th Cent. & After July 106 The fortuitous shelter thus accorded to the twins does not fully enough discover for us the reasons for the peculiar veneration of the Ruminal fig-tree.
2005 F. Hageneder Meaning of Trees 93/2 In Rome, on the western slope of the Palatine hill, stood the consecrated ‘Ruminal Fig’, protected by a fence.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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