bovine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bovine	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bovine adj of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) Synonym(s): bovine, bovid dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox; "showed a bovine apathy" n any of various members of the genus Bos
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[94]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.