Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bovine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bovine \Bo"vine\, a. [LL. bovinus, fr.L. bos, bovis, ox, cow:
cf. F. bovine. See {Cow}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the genus {Bos}; relating
to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine
genus; a bovine antelope.
2. Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish
and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament.
The bovine gaze of gaping rustics. --W. Black.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bovine
adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
[syn: {bovid}]
2: dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox; "showed a
bovine apathy"
n : any of various members of the genus Bos
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