Bovine

//ˈboʊˌvaɪn//

"Bovine" in a Sentence (9 examples)

I'm not an expert on bovine anatomy, but I think they have four stomachs.

When I hear the word "bovine" used to describe a person, I think of great, big eyes, a slow gait, and a quiet nature.

At first the forensics team thought that they'd discovered human blood, only to find out later, at the lab, that it was bovine.

When food enters a bovine’s stomach, it undergoes a process called enteric fermentation: microbes and bacteria partially break down the food particles, which then ferment in the part of the stomach called the rumen.

Mad cow disease, also known as BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), is a fatal, neurological disorder that cattle get by eating infected meal from other animals, such as sheep. Humans can contract a version of the disease from diseased cows.

They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have.

For reasons which are really a matter for a trainee psychoanalyst, who plays James Bond is a big thing for Spencer. To this end, he has unleashed a series of thoughts so bovine that I’ll just give you one for a little flavour.

The inevitable consequence of handling complex international issues with cruel and bovine simplicity is to spread fear, uncertainty and instability.

Near-synonyms: cattle beast, cattlebeast, cow

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