bovid
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bovid
- /ˈboʊvɪd/ US
Rhymes with -əʊvɪd
Where it comes from
From 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).
noun bovids
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An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
Similar: bovid
adjective more bovid · most bovid
- Of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep). The land slopes at every turn in this pristine pocket of northern Otsego County. […] It appears that little would link this quiet corner to the hurly-burly of immigrant hubs like Jackson Heights and Elmhurst in Queens, or Atlantic Avenue in downtown Brooklyn. But Phillip D. Metzger saw the connectio
Translations
Talk about this word "bovid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bovid. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bovid. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bovid "bovid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bovid.Cite this
@misc{bovid_2026,
title = {bovid},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bovid},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
