noun
bovid
Bovid (noun) means an animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
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An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
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Etymology
From the stem of Classical Latin bōs + -id, after taxonomic name Bovidae. By surface analysis, an appellativization from Bovid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names).
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"bovid" (noun) means an animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).