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by leaflets2 1404 days ago
> Ruminants [...] are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion [...] The word "ruminant" comes from the Latin ruminare, which means "to chew over again".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruminant

TIL: So that's from where the word "ruminate" comes :-)