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Definition of Bovid
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle).
2. Noun. Hollow-horned ruminants.
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Specialized synonyms: Bovine, Buffalo, Old World Buffalo, Bison, Musk Ox, Musk Sheep, Ovibos Moschatus, Sheep, Wild Sheep, Caprine Animal, Goat, Goat Antelope, Antelope, Forest Goat, Pseudoryx Nghetinhensis, Spindle Horn
Definition of Bovid
1. a. Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type.
Definition of Bovid
1. Noun. An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, gazelle, goat, and sheep). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bovid
1. a bovine [n -S] - See also: bovine
Medical Definition of Bovid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bovid
Literary usage of Bovid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1899)
"bovid-ffi. (THE CATTLE.) Ruminants with the horns, if present, simple, hollow,
permanent, each enclosing a process of the frontal bone. Teeth i. f; c. $; m. ..."
2. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"FAMILY bovid,*—HOLLOW-HORNED RUMINANTS. In these there is an elongated process
of bone on the frontals, termed the " horn cores," which are covered with a ..."
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