bovine
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/
- (US) enPR: bōʹvīn', bōʹvēn', bōʹvĭn; IPA(key): /ˈboʊˌvaɪn/, /ˈboʊˌvin/, /ˈboʊ.vɪn/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -əʊvaɪn, (US) -oʊvaɪn
Adjective
bovine (comparative more bovine, superlative most bovine)
- (not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle.
- (not comparable) Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cows, buffalo, and bison.
- Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
- 1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 48:
- They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have.
- 2018 August 16, Marina Hyde, “Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team”, in The Guardian[1]:
- For reasons which are really a matter for a trainee psychoanalyst, who plays James Bond is a big thing for Spencer. To this end, he has unleashed a series of thoughts so bovine that I’ll just give you one for a little flavour.
Derived terms
- acute bovine pulmonary emphysema
- antibovine
- bibovine
- bovine acetonaemia, bovine acetonemia
- bovine achondroplasia
- bovine adenovirus type 3 proteinase
- bovine adenovirus type 7 proteinase
- Bovine alphaherpesvirus 1
- Bovine alphaherpesvirus 2
- Bovine alphaherpesvirus 5
- bovine antitoxin
- Bovine atadenovirus D
- bovine babesiosis
- bovine bingo
- bovine borreliosis
- bovine brucellosis
- bovine cancer eye
- bovine cartilage
- bovine colloid
- bovine colostrum
- bovine congenital ataxia
- Bovine coronavirus
- Bovine cyclovirus
- bovine diarrhea virus, bovine diarrhoea virus
- bovine encephalitis, bovine encephalomyelitis
- bovine enterovirus (Enterovirus E)
- bovine ephemeral fever
- bovine epizootic fever
- bovine face
- bovine farcy
- Bovine fever ephemerovirus
- Bovine foamy virus
- bovine foot rot
- Bovine gammaherpesvirus 4
- Bovine gammaherpesvirus 6
- bovine genital campylobacteriosis
- bovine genital vibriosis
- bovine genome
- bovine growth hormone
- bovine haemoglobinuria, bovine hemoglobinuria
- bovine heart
- bovine herpes mammillitis
- bovine herpes virus 1, Bovine herpesvirus 1
- bovine herpes virus 5, Bovine herpesvirus 5
- Bovine immunodeficiency virus
- bovine immunoglobulin
- bovine immunoglobulin concentrate
- bovine infectious petechial fever
- bovine ketosis
- bovine lentivirus
- bovine leprosy
- bovine leptospirosis
- bovine leukaemia, bovine leukemia
- Bovine leukemia virus
- bovine leukosis
- bovinely
- bovine lymphomatosis
- bovine malignant catarrh
- bovine malignant catarrhal fever
- bovine malignant lymphoma
- Bovine mastadenovirus A
- Bovine mastadenovirus B
- Bovine mastadenovirus C
- bovine mastitis
- bovine mitochondrial endonuclease
- bovine myelin
- bovineness
- bovine nocardiosis
- bovine papillomatosis
- bovine papilloma virus, bovine papillomavirus
- bovine papular stomatitis
- Bovine papular stomatitis virus
- Bovine parainfluenza virus 3
- Bovine parvovirus
- bovine petechial fever
- bovine porphyria
- bovine progressive degenerative myeloencephalopathy
- Bovine respiratory syncytial virus
- Bovine rhinitis A virus
- Bovine rhinitis B virus
- bovine rhinotracheitis vaccine
- bovine rhinovirus
- bovine scatology
- bovine serum albumin
- bovine somatotrophin
- bovine spongiform encephalitis
- bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- bovine sporadic encephalomyelitis
- bovine theileriasis
- Bovine torovirus
- bovine trichomoniasis
- bovine trypanosomiasis
- bovine tuberculosis
- bovine ulcerative mammillitis
- bovine vaccinia mammillitis
- bovine viral diarrhea, bovine viral diarrhoea, bovine virus diarrhea, bovine virus diarrhoea
- Bovine viral diarrhea virus 1, Bovine viral diarrhea virus 2
- bovinity
- bovinized
- contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
- contagious bovine pyelonephritis
- enzootic bovine haematuria, enzootic bovine hematuria
- epidemic bovine abortion
- epizootic bovine abortion
- fetal bovine serum, foetal bovine serum
- infectious bovine keratitis
- infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis
- infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
- nonbovine
- ovibovine
- sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis
- sporadic bovine leukosis
Related terms
Translations
of, relating to or resembling cattle
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sluggish, dull, slow-witted
Noun
bovine (plural bovines)
Translations
animal like cattle, buffalo, bison
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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
bovine
Italian
Adjective
bovine
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
bovīne
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