Definition of Bovid

1. Noun. Hollow-horned ruminants.


2. Adjective. Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle).
Exact synonyms: Bovine
Partainyms: Genus Bos, Genus Bos

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

1. Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type. Origin: L. Bos, bovis, ox, cow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bovid

bouvardia
bouvardias
bouvier
bouviers
bouy
bouyant
bouzouki
bouzoukia
bouzoukis
bovarism
bovarysm
bovate
bovates
bove
bovey coal
bovid (current term)
bovids
boviform
bovine
bovine acetonaemia
bovine achondroplasia
bovine adenovirus type 3 proteinase
bovine adenovirus type 7 proteinase
bovine antitoxin
bovine babesiosis
bovine borreliosis
bovine brucellosis
bovine cancer eye
bovine colloid

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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