English Explanatory Dictionary

bovine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
  2. Belonging to the subfamily Bovinae.
  3. Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
noun
  1. An animal of a family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
  2. An animal of the subfamily Bovinae.

Pronunciation

/ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/ bōʹvīn' bōʹvēn' bōʹvĭn /ˈboʊˌvaɪn/ /ˈboʊˌvin/ /ˈboʊ.vɪn/ en-us-bovine.ogg en-au-bovine.ogg

Word forms

bovine more bovine most bovine bovines

Etymology

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

Synonyms

neatish vaccine cattle beast cattlebeast cow

Related words

beef Bos Boselaphini Boselaphus bovate bovicide boviculture bovid Bovidae boviform Bovinae Bovini Bovinus spiritualis Bovril

Derived words

acute bovine pulmonary emphysema antibovine bibovine bovine acetonaemia bovine acetonemia bovine achondroplasia bovine adenovirus type 3 proteinase bovine adenovirus type 7 proteinase Bovine alphaherpesvirus 1 Bovine alphaherpesvirus 2 Bovine alphaherpesvirus 5 bovine antitoxin Bovine atadenovirus D bovine babesiosis bovine bingo bovine borreliosis bovine brucellosis bovine cancer eye bovine cartilage bovine colloid bovine colostrum bovine congenital ataxia Bovine coronavirus Bovine cyclovirus bovine diarrhea virus bovine diarrhoea virus bovine encephalitis bovine encephalomyelitis bovine enterovirus bovine ephemeral fever bovine epizootic fever bovine face bovine farcy Bovine fever ephemerovirus Bovine foamy virus bovine foot rot Bovine gammaherpesvirus 4 Bovine gammaherpesvirus 6 bovine genital campylobacteriosis bovine genital vibriosis bovine genome bovine growth hormone bovine haemoglobinuria bovine hemoglobinuria bovine heart bovine herpes mammillitis bovine herpes virus 1 Bovine herpesvirus 1 bovine herpes virus 5 Bovine herpesvirus 5 Bovine immunodeficiency virus bovine immunoglobulin bovine immunoglobulin concentrate bovine infectious petechial fever bovine ketosis bovine lentivirus bovine leprosy bovine leptospirosis bovine leukaemia bovine leukemia

Translations

Belarusian: каравя́чы Belarusian: каро́він Belarusian: бычы́ны Bulgarian: во́лски Catalan: boví Cornish: bewin Cornish: lonnek Czech: hovězí Dutch: runds Esperanto: bova Finnish: nautamainen Finnish: nauta- French: bovin German: Rinder- Hindi: गोजातीय Hindi: पशुवत Hindi: गोरूप Ingrian: lehmäin Italian: bovino Latin: bovīnus Malay: lembu Malay: kelembuan Malay: bovin Marathi: गोजातीय Marathi: गोकुलीय Polish: bydlęcy Portuguese: bovino Romanian: vițel Russian: коро́вий Russian: бы́чий Russian: быча́чий Serbo-Croatian: goveđi Slovak: hovädzí Slovene: goveji Spanish: bovino Spanish: vacuno Ukrainian: коро́в'ячий Ukrainian: бича́чий Welsh: buchol
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