bovid
bovid · bovids
An animal of the family BovidaeAn animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
US/ˈboʊvɪd/
» Bison is a genus from the bovid family.
Meaning
1 sensesAn animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
More definitions
- hollow-horned ruminants
Examples
1 sentencesBison is a genus from the bovid family.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From the stem of Classical Latin bōs + -id, after taxonomic name Bovidae. By surface analyFrom 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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