Definition of bovine Bovine
/bowˈvajˌn/ - [bowvayn] - bo•vine
We found 12 definitions of bovine from 6 different sources.
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What does bovine mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: bovines |
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| bovine - any of various members of the genus Bos | ||
| bovid hollow-horned ruminants | ||
| bos, genus bos wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini | ||
| wild ox, ox any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos | ||
| bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" | ||
Adjectivebovine, boviner, bovinest |
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| bovine - of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) | ||
| bovid | ||
| bos, genus bos wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini | ||
| bovine - dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox; "showed a bovine apathy" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bovine (a.)
Of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; a bovine antelope. - bovine (a.)
Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bovine
Medium-sized to large ungulates, including domestic cattle, Bison, the Water Buffalo, the Yak, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bovine
bō′vīn, adj. pertaining to cattle. [L. bos, bovis, Gr. bous, an ox or cow.]
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🔤- bovine, noun, singular of bovines.
- bovine, adjective.
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