bovine (redirected from bovine familial convulsions and ataxia)

bo·vine  (bvn, -vn)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a ruminant mammal of the genus Bos, such as an ox, cow, or buffalo.

2. Sluggish, dull, and stolid.

n.

An animal of the genus Bos.

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[Late Latin bovnus, from Latin bs, bov-, cow; see g^wou- in Indo-European roots.]

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bovine

Adjective

1. of or relating to cattle

2. dull, sluggish, or ugly [Latin bos ox]

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bovine  (bvn)

Characteristic of or resembling cows or cattle.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bovine - any of various members of the genus Bos bovid - hollow-horned ruminants Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini 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" 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
Adj.	1.	bovine - of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) bovid
	2.	bovine - dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox; "showed a bovine apathy" dull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"

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bovine

adjective dull, heavy, slow, thick, stupid, dull, dense, sluggish, lifeless, inactive, inert, lethargic, dozy Brit. (informal) listless, unresponsive, stolid, torpid, slothful