Boviculture

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The rearing and care of cattle. uncountable

    "No discussion of boviculture would be complete without due and proper consideration of Taurus, the bull."

Example

More examples

"No discussion of boviculture would be complete without due and proper consideration of Taurus, the bull."

Etymology

From Latin bos (“cattle”) + cultura (“cultivation”); stem ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws which also gave Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), and English cow.

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