Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various ruminant mammals of the family Bovidae, having hoofs and unbranched hollow horns, and including the cattle, sheep, goats, and gazelles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the Bovidæ; bovine.
- noun One of the Bovidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An animal of the
family Bovidae (such as theantelope ,gazelle ,goat , andsheep ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun hollow-horned ruminants
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Evolution and function of the supracranial sinuses in ceratopsid dinosaurs and the frontal sinuses in bovid mammals.
Neoceratopsian publications for 2008 ReBecca Foster 2009
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Evolution and function of the supracranial sinuses in ceratopsid dinosaurs and the frontal sinuses in bovid mammals.
Archive 2009-01-01 ReBecca Foster 2009
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Once nearly wiped out by poachers who made shawls from its wool, the chiru's numbers have increased in recent years, and the knobby-kneed bovid has emerged as a symbol of China's environmental-protection efforts.
China Eats Crow 2008
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Once nearly wiped out by poachers who made shawls from its wool, the chiru's numbers have increased in recent years, and the knobby-kneed bovid has emerged as a symbol of China's environmental-protection efforts.
Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008
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Yes, the Lords, those notorious bovid loving vegetarians.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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The six-year-old bovid, who is officially registered as Bullock UK 742266 200001, was taken to a local abattoir for a lethal injection.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Welsh farmers and AMs say that the bovid should face the same fate as any other cattle if they were diagnosed with bovine TB, whereas the Hindus of Skanda Vale think that their domesticated ungulate should be treated if he becomes ill rather than just slaughtered.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Her work revealed more elite tombs (Tombs 13-23), including one of a juvenile elephant as well as that of an aurochs, or large wild bovid, buried in human fashion with matting covering the body, pottery, and a human figurine.
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On the ceiling of one area are three images of horned animals, one of which may be a benteng (Bos javanicus), a wild forest bovid that is close to extinction.
Borneo Cave Art 1999
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Nonetheless, it is known that musk deer have a gall bladder, a bovid feature that distinguishes it from the true deer.
26 Mouse Deer 1991
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