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The definition of bovine is like an ox or cow, or slow or dull.
(adjective)- An example of something bovine is a bovine statue, a statue of a cow.
- An example of something bovine is a bovine personality, a boring person.
Bovine is defined as an animal in the Bovinae subfamily.
(noun)An example of a bovine is a cow, ox or buffalo.
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See bovine in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- of an ox
- having oxlike qualities; thought of as oxlike; slow, dull, stupid, stolid, etc.
Origin: LL bovinus < L bos (gen. bovis), ox: see cow
noun
- any of a genus (Bos) of bovid ruminants
- any similar bovid
See bovine in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Of, relating to, or resembling a ruminant mammal of the genus Bos, such as an ox, cow, or buffalo.
- Sluggish, dull, and stolid.
An animal of the genus Bos.
Origin:
Origin: Late Latin bovīnus
Origin: , from Latin bōs, bov-, cow; see gwou- in Indo-European roots
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