Bovine
/ˈboʊˌvaɪn/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
"Near-synonyms: cattle beast, cattlebeast, cow"
- 2 any of various members of the genus Bos wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle. not-comparable
- 2 Belonging to the subfamily Bovinae. not-comparable
- 3 Sluggish, dull, slow-witted. figuratively
"They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have."
Adjective
- 1 dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox wordnet
- 2 of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) wordnet
Example
More examples"I'm not an expert on bovine anatomy, but I think they have four stomachs."
Etymology
PIE word *gʷṓws Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.