bovine
Other forms: bovines; bovinely
If something is bovine, it has to do with cows or cattle, or it reminds you of the slow and seemingly unintelligent ways of cows and cattle. Someone's glacial pace and dull comments might contribute to his thoroughly bovine impression.
The adjective bovine is used for anything that has to do with animals from the genus “Bos,” which classifies wild and domestic cattle. Mad Cow Disease is technically known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and it can be said to have bovine origins. What are known as cow pies are, in fact, bovine droppings. People can be described as bovine if they are intellectually dull, slow-moving, or somewhat cow-like in their appearance.
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any of various members of the genus Bostypes:Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxendomesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or ageBos indicus, Brahma, Brahman, Brahminany of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreedingoxan adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurusstirkyearling heifer or bullockbulluncastrated adult male of domestic cattlezebudomesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east AsiaBos primigenius, aurochs, uruslarge recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattlered pollhornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattleAfricandertall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa; used for meat or draftDevonred dual-purpose cattle of English origingradea variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breedAsian wild oxgenus of Asiatic wild oxentype of:bovidhollow-horned ruminants
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of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)synonyms: bovid
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dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox“showed a bovine apathy”synonyms:dulllacking in liveliness or animation
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