I'm not an expert on bovine anatomy, but I think they have four stomachs.
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Bovine
//ˈboʊˌvaɪn//
Synonyms for "bovine" (126 found)
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Related words (63)
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14 entriescoordinate
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126 entriesBovine alphaherpesvirus 1Bovine alphaherpesvirus 2Bovine alphaherpesvirus 5Bovine atadenovirus DBovine coronavirusBovine cyclovirusBovine fever ephemerovirusBovine foamy virusBovine gammaherpesvirus 4Bovine gammaherpesvirus 6Bovine herpesvirus 1Bovine herpesvirus 5Bovine immunodeficiency virusBovine leukemia virusBovine mastadenovirus ABovine mastadenovirus B
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2 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 30 languages.
Belarusian
3 entries- бычы́ны adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- каравя́чы adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- каро́він adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
Bulgarian
3 entries- во́лски adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- му́ден adj (sluggish, dull, slow-witted)
- тъп adj (sluggish, dull, slow-witted)
Catalan
2 entries- boví adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- boví noun (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 牛 noun (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
Cornish
2 entries- bewin adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- lonnek adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
Czech
2 entries- hovězí adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- tur noun (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
Dutch
2 entries- runds adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- rund noun (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
Esperanto
1 entries- bova adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
Finnish
4 entries- nauta adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- nautamainen adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- nautamainen adj (sluggish, dull, slow-witted)
- nauta noun (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
French
2 entries- bovin adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- bovin noun (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
German
1 entries- Rinder adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
Hindi
4 entries- गोजातीय adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- गोरूप adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- पशुवत adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- मन्दबुद्धि adj (sluggish, dull, slow-witted)
Ingrian
1 entries- lehmäin adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
Italian
2 entries- bovino adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- bovino noun (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
Latin
1 entries- bovīnus adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
Malay
3 entries- bovin adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- kelembuan adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- lembu adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
Marathi
2 entries- गोकुलीय adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- गोजातीय adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
Mongolian
1 entries- үхэр noun (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صیغیر noun (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
Polish
2 entries- bydlęcy adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- gamoniowaty adj (sluggish, dull, slow-witted)
Portuguese
1 entries- bovino adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
Romanian
2 entries- vițel adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- bovină noun (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
Russian
4 entries- бы́чий adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- быча́чий adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- коро́вий adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- тупо́й adj (sluggish, dull, slow-witted)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- goveđi adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
Slovak
1 entries- hovädzí adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
Slovene
1 entries- goveji adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
Spanish
3 entries- bovino adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- vacuno adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- bovino noun (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- bulmakau noun (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бича́чий adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- коро́в'ячий adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
Welsh
2 entries- buchol adj (of, relating to or resembling cattle)
- buchol noun (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison)
Sample sentences
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When I hear the word "bovine" used to describe a person, I think of great, big eyes, a slow gait, and a quiet nature.
Source: tatoeba (9496221)
At first the forensics team thought that they'd discovered human blood, only to find out later, at the lab, that it was bovine.
Source: tatoeba (9496222)
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.
Source: tatoeba (10244316)
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