bovine
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- adjective
- /ˈboʊvaɪn/
- Specialized
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bovino
- Yes, if yer lookin' from a bovine point of view ¤
Mad cow disease is a prion that causes bovine spongiform encephalitis BES, but it's mad cow disease.
- Mad cow disease is a prion that causes bovine spongiform encephalitis BES, but it's mad cow disease.
Examples
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I don't know why; they don't look bovine, porcine maybe, but not bovine.
Blog text (28) -
They put another human gene in but and a bovine, but a pentavalent vaccine and that's called Rotatec.
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Jumping up, he ran from the massive creatures; on his back, he pictured a slow, crushing, bovine death; then stopped to laugh.
Fiction book (1990) -
I don't know why; they don't look bovine, porcine maybe, but not bovine.
Blog text (28) -
It had a head like a camel, a neck as long as a good stride, feet like an ox without nails, a short, bovine tail, and on its back it had two mounds like two little children, and on top there were certain shaggy locks, and it seemed a monstrous thing.
Academic text (2012) -
The farmer raised abovine herd to provide dairy products for the community.
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During the tour, we observed thebovine animals grazing peacefully in the meadow.
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The veterinarian specializes inbovine medicine, focusing on the health of cattle.
Synonyms
Relating to animals like cattle, buffalo, and antelopes
Compounds
- Specialized
A study of cow dung that shows what cows eat, their health, and effects on the land
- Specialized
A deadly brain disease in cows that makes them unsteady and restless
How Cowlike
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
bovine = bov + ine
Although the word historically contains the adjectival suffix '-ine', the bound root 'bov-' is not a recognizable everyday English base for most learners, so the meaning 'relating to cattle' is not readily inferable.
Etymology
Bovine comes from the Latin root bos, which means 'cow'. So bovine is used to talk about things that belong to cattle, like animals, diseases, or products from cows.