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[syn: bovine, bovid]
2. dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox;
- Example: "showed a bovine apathy"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bovine \Bo"vine\, a. [LL. bovinus, fr. L. bos, bovis, ox, cow:
cf. F. bovine. See Cow.]
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1. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to,
or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine
genus; a bovine antelope.
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2. Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish
and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament.
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The bovine gaze of gaping rustics. --W. Black.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bovine
adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
[syn: bovine, bovid]
2: dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox; "showed a bovine
apathy"
n 1: any of various members of the genus Bos