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bovid

bo·vid

US/ˈboʊvɪd/ uncommon
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

occurring during the middle of the week

  • “midweek travel”
  • “midweekly prayer meetings”
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noun

1.

hollow-horned ruminants

Origin

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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