noun
- Plural of cud; portions of food that ruminant animals bring back up from the stomach to chew again.
Examples
- Cows chew their cuds throughout the day to aid digestion.
- The sheep contentedly chewed their cuds in the pasture.
- Ruminants like goats and deer regurgitate cuds to break down plant material.
- After grazing, the herd settled down to chew their cuds.
- The process of chewing cuds helps ruminants extract maximum nutrition from grass.