noun
- food that returns from a ruminant’s stomach to the mouth for further chewing
Examples
- The cow chewed its cud peacefully in the pasture.
- Ruminants like sheep and goats regurgitate their cud for additional chewing.
- After grazing, the bull lay down to chew cud under the oak tree.
- The farmer watched his cattle chewing cud in the afternoon sun.
- Deer often pause to chew their cud while resting in the forest.
- The goat’s jaw moved rhythmically as it processed its cud.