bovine

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His face was bovine, and in the heat of summer apt to be shiny.

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

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  • Male Bovine Excrement (you describe yourself as a bull, so you must know what a bovine is)! —  All articles at Blogcritics
  • What Westerling had called the bovine public with a parrot's head had become a lion There's no use of giving any orders, to stop this flood," said an officer who had ridden fast to warn the Gray staff. —  The Last Shot
  • To compound matters, she didn't have any friends or much society except for her bovine-thinking neighbor, Rita. —  Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
  • His face was bovine, and in the heat of summer apt to be shiny. —  The Last Hope
  • I was to ask no questions, and be nice and bovine--and I agreed. —  Sylvia's Marriage
 

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

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  1. = French bovine = Provencal bovin, from Late Latin bovinus, from Latin bos (bov-), ox.
 

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/ˈboʊvɪn/
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