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bovino — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bovine adj Relating to cattle or animals in the same family, such as buffalo and bison.
  • cattle noun Domesticated cows and bulls raised for milk, meat, or labor.
  • cow noun An adult female of domestic cattle, especially one that has given birth to a calf.
  • neat adj Tidy and orderly; clean in appearance.

Senses

bovino is used for these senses in English:

  • bovine (not comparable) Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle.
  • cattle (pejorative, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
  • cow (loosely, or, informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.
  • neat (archaic) Cattle collectively.

bovine — full definition

  1. adj Relating to cattle or animals in the same family, such as buffalo and bison.
  2. adj Slow-witted, dull, or sluggish, like the stereotype of a placid cow.

cattle — full definition

  1. noun Domesticated cows and bulls raised for milk, meat, or labor.
  2. noun People treated as an undifferentiated, disposable mass rather than individuals.

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