Definition of "ruminants" [ruminants]

• Plural form of ruminant. (noun)

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• "_Some ruminants are not hollow-horned_ must be a negative proposition, having 'hollow-horned' for its subject, either in E. or O.; but these would be respectively the contrary and contradictory of _All hollow-horned animals are ruminants_; and, therefore, if this be true, they must both be false."
• "But (referring still to Fig. 1) the legitimacy of contrapositing O. is equally clear; for if _Some ruminants are not hollow-horned_, _Some animals that are not hollow-horned are ruminants_, namely, all the animals between the two ring-fences."
• "_Some ruminants are not hollow-horned_, but also shows this to be compatible with _All hollow-horned animals are ruminants_ (A.)."