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bibovine, a. Zool.|baɪˈbəʊvaɪn| [f. bi-2 + bovine a.] Designation of the group of bovine ruminants which includes the Oriental species, gaur, gayal, and banteng (forming the subgenus Bibos).
1889Nicholson & Lydekker Palæontol. (ed. 3) II. lviii. 1351 The genus Bos..may be divided into the Bibovine and Taurine groups. In the former are included the wild Oxen of India and Burma. 1891Flower & Lydekker Mammals ix. 365 The Bibovine group. |