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bovid.

An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈboʊvɪd/General-American
  1. An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).

Where this word comes from

From the stem of Classical Latin bōs + -id, after taxonomic name Bovidae. By surface analysis, an appellativization from Bovid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names).

adj/ˈboʊvɪd/General-American
  1. Of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).

Where this word comes from

From the stem of Classical Latin bōs + -id, after taxonomic name Bovidae. By surface analysis, an appellativization from Bovid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names).

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