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bovine

bo·vine

UK/ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/ US/ˈboʊˌvaɪn/ rare
adjective (2) noun (1)

adjective

1.

occurring during the middle of the week

  • “midweek travel”
  • “midweekly prayer meetings”
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2.

dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox

  • “showed a bovine apathy”
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noun

1.

any of various members of the genus Bos

Origin

PIE word *gʷṓws Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.

Phrases

  • acute bovine pulmonary emphysema
  • bovine acetonaemia
  • bovine acetonemia
  • bovine achondroplasia
  • bovine adenovirus type 3 proteinase
  • bovine adenovirus type 7 proteinase
  • Bovine alphaherpesvirus 1
  • Bovine alphaherpesvirus 2

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