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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bovine \Bo"vine\, a. [LL. bovinus fr.L. bos, bovis, ox cow: cf F. bovine. See {Cow}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the genus {Bos}; relating to or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as the bovine genus; a bovine antelope. 2. Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as a bovine temperament. The bovine gaze of gaping rustics. --W. Black. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bovine adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) [syn: {bovid}] 2: dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox "showed a bovine apathy" n : any of various members of the genus Bos
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