Assertion: ruminant | /r/CapableOf | digest plant-based food
Facets:
value: by softening it
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: A ruminant is a mammal of the order Artiodactyla that digests plant-based food by initially softening and partially fermenting it within the animal's first stomach chambers, then regurgitating the semi-digested mass, now known as cud, and chewing it again.
text: It digests plant-based foods and/or feeds by initially softening it within the animal's first stomach, known as the rumen, then bringing it back up the semi-digested mass, now known as cud, and chews it again.