Definition of genus bos Genus bos
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What does genus bos mean?
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| genus bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini | ||
| Bos, genus Bos | ||
| mammal genus a genus of mammals | ||
| bovidae, family bovidae true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats | ||
| bovine any of various members of the genus Bos | ||
| 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" | ||
| ox any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos | ||
| bos indicus, brahma, brahman, brahmin the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon | ||
| zebu domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia | ||
| bos primigenius, urus, aurochs large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle | ||
| bos grunniens, yak large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated | ||
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