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BANTING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago

Synonyms:

banteng; banting; Bos banteng; tsine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("banting" is a kind of...):

ox; wild ox (any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos)

Holonyms ("banting" is a member of...):

Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)

Synonyms:

Banting; F. G. Banting; Sir Frederick Grant Banting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb bant

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