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cud
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cud
partially digested food regurgitated from the first stomach of cattle and other ruminants to the mouth for a second chewing


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Byline: BARRY GORDON FEY beyond comprehension, Belle & Sebastian's concert was so dull it was like watching a field of cud-chewing cows.
Cud-chewing animals may be severely affected if they eat a large amount of leaves in a short time.
Following the outbreak of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), in Britain in October 1999, all states and territories in Australia banned the feeding of animal protein to ruminants, cud-chewing hoofed mammals including sheep, he said.
 
 
 
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