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Bovine

//ˈboʊˌvaɪn// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Belonging to the subfamily Bovinae. not-comparable
  3. 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. 1
    dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.

    "Near-synonyms: cattle beast, cattlebeast, cow"

  2. 2
    any of various members of the genus Bos wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *gʷṓws Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.

Etymology 2

PIE word *gʷṓws Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.

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