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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Of, relating to, or resembling a ruminant mammal of the genus Bos, such as an ox, cow, or buffalo.
  2. adj. Sluggish, dull, and stolid.
  3. n. An animal of the genus Bos.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Pertaining or belonging to oxen, or specifically to the Bovinæ; boviform.
  2. Ox-like; stolid; inert; dull.
  3. n. One of the Bovinæ.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Of or pertaining to cattle.
  2. adj. Belonging to the tribe Bovini, including cows, buffalo, and bison.
  3. adj. Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
  4. n. An animal of the family Bovidae, including cattle, buffaloes and bison.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike.
  2. adj. Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox
  2. n. any of various members of the genus Bos
  3. adj. of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)

Etymologies

  1. Late Latin bovīnus, from Latin bōs, bov-, cow; see gwou- in Indo-European roots.

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  • dbekeny
    OZ'S VOICE
    You billowing bale of bovine fodder!
    Jun 10, 2010

‘bovine’ has been looked up 2241 times, loved by 7 people, added to 54 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 11.