bovid

bo·vid

B0425500 (bō′vĭd)n. Any of various ruminant mammals of the family Bovidae, having hoofs and unbranched hollow horns, and including the cattle, sheep, goats, and gazelles.

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[From New Latin Bovidae, family name, from Latin bōs, bov-, cow; see bovine.]

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bo′vid adj.

bovid

(ˈbəʊvɪd) adj (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Bovidae, a family of ruminant artiodactyl hollow-horned mammals including sheep, goats, cattle, antelopes, and buffalon (Animals) any bovid animal[C19: from New Latin Bovidae, from Latin bōs ox]

bo•vid

(ˈboʊ vɪd)
adj. 1. of or pertaining to the Bovidae, comprising the hollow-horned ruminants, as oxen, antelopes, sheep, and goats. n. 2. any bovid animal. [< New Latin Bovidae=Bov-, s. of Bos a genus, including domestic cattle (Latin bōs ox, bull, akin to cow¹) + -idae -id²]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bovid - hollow-horned ruminants ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartmentsBovidae, family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goatsbovine - any of various members of the genus BosOld World buffalo, buffalo - any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalobison - any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short hornsmusk ox, musk sheep, Ovibos moschatus - large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheepsheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goatwild sheep - undomesticated sheepcaprine animal, goat - any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight hornsgoat antelope - bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goatsantelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diksforest goat, Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, spindle horn - cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope; characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat
Adj.	1.	bovid - of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)bovine