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Bovine

//ˈboʊˌvaɪn//

Definitions

1
Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle.
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2
Belonging to the subfamily Bovinae.
3
Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have.

1
An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
Near-synonyms: cattle beast, cattlebeast, cow
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cattle beast

Word Origin

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

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//ˈboʊˌvaɪn//

1
Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle.
Similar
neatish vaccine
2
Belonging to the subfamily Bovinae.
3
Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have.

1
An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
Near-synonyms: cattle beast, cattlebeast, cow
Similar
cattle beast

Word Origin

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

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