Bos
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7.8
A group of large animals that includes cows, oxen, and yaks
- proper noun
- /bɑs/
- Specialized
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Bos
- Farmers raise Bos indicus cattle for their resistance to heat and disease in tropical climates.
- Bos taurus
- cattle (Bos
Examples
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In many cultures, Bos grunniens, or yaks, are essential for transportation and farming.
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Charles du Bos had prefaced the edition of these texts that past December.
Academic text (1998) -
The scientist studied the DNA of Bos taurus to understand its evolutionary history.
Compounds
Bos grunniens
- Specialized
9.9
A large ox with long hair that people keep in Tibet and nearby areas for milk, meat, and carrying loads
Bos indicus
- Specialized
8.0
A type of cattle from South Asia with a shoulder hump and loose skin that handles heat and insects
Bos primigenius
- Specialized
9.9
A very large wild ox from Europe that is now extinct and an ancestor of domestic cattle
Surface Forms
Bos main
Etymology
Bos comes from the old Latin word bos meaning 'ox' or 'cow', and scientists kept this name for the genus of cattle so it directly points to cows, oxen, and their close relatives.