Bos

prop. n.

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(Zool.) A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold of skin hanging from the neck.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini genus Bos mammal genus - a genus of mammals Bovidae, family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats bovine - any of various members of the genus Bos wild ox, ox - any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" ox - an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus Bos indicus, Brahma, Brahman, Brahmin - any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding zebu - domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia Bos primigenius, urus, aurochs - large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle Bos grunniens, yak - large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated banteng, Bos banteng, tsine, banting - wild ox of the Malay Archipelago