bovine
Plural: bovines
Noun
- An animal of the cattle family; an ox-like creature.
- any of various members of the genus Bos
- An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
Adjective
- of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
Adjective Satellite
- dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox
- "showed a bovine apathy"
Adj
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle.
- Belonging to the subfamily Bovinae.
- Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
Examples
- His opponent’s move was rather BOVINE, plodding along without much strategy.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
*gʷṓws
Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.
Scrabble Score: 11
bovine: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbovine: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bovine: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
bovine: valid Words With Friends Word