Word: nonruminant
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: non
ru
mi
nant
Definition: Not ruminant; related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud
Morphemes:
Affix: non-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in the sense of no or none to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nōn
Language: ML.
Decoded: non
Meaning: not
Affix: ruminant
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Chewing cud; food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
Etymology Compounds: Affix: rūmināns
Language: la
Decoded: ruminans
PoS: Participle
Meaning: chewing the cud