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adj
Of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: ungulate, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
adjective
of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bovine
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noun
hollow-horned ruminants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ruminant
Narrower terms: bovine, Old World buffalo, buffalo, bison, musk ox, musk sheep, Ovibos moschatus, sheep, wild sheep, goat, caprine animal, goat antelope, antelope, forest goat, spindle horn, Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
History
From the stem of Classical Latin bōs + -id, after taxonomic name Bovidae. By surface analysis, an appellativization from Bovid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names).
Across languages
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