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Definition of Bos primigenius
1. Noun. Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bos Primigenius
Literary usage of Bos primigenius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1867)
"Note of a Bone of the bos primigenius,/ound ... By GEORGE LOGAN, Esq. Mr Logan
stated that the bone of the bos primigenius exhibited was found in the course ..."
2. A Monograph of the Post-Tertiary Entomostraca of Scotland Including Species by George Stewardson Brady, David Robertson, Henry William Crosskey (1874)
"1 These stratified lacustrine clays yielded the skull and horn core of Bos
primigenius, part of the horn of ..."
3. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1890)
"This is likewise the opinion of Nilsson. bos primigenius existed as a wild animal in
... 13 from bos primigenius. sance Gen. du Bœuf,' Paris, I860. Fig-. ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"... Equus ^caballus, bos primigenius. (c) LOWER TERRACE (latest). ... Cervus tarandus,
bos primigenius, Ursus (not determined) and ..."
5. City Milk Supply by Horatio Newton Parker (1917)
"It was smaller than bos primigenius with shorter horns, face and forehead. ...
Those of bos primigenius ancestry. They are characterized by a long narrow ..."
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