bovine

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of various members of the genus Bos
  2. adjective of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
  3. adjective dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox

Etymology

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

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