bovino

Definitions of bovino
  1. noun
    any of various members of the genus Bos
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    ganado vacuno, vacuno
    domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
    buey
    an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
    buey
    castrated bull
    toro
    uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
    vaca
    female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"
    cebú
    domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia
    uro
    large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
    type of:
    bóvido
    hollow-horned ruminants
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