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BOS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini
Synonyms:
Bos; genus Bos
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Bos" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Bos"):
bovine (any of various members of the genus Bos)
ox; wild ox (any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos)
Bos taurus; cattle; cows; kine; oxen (domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age)
ox (an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus)
Bos indicus; Brahma; Brahman; Brahmin (any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding)
zebu (domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia)
aurochs; Bos primigenius; urus (large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle)
Bos grunniens; yak (large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated)
banteng; banting; Bos banteng; tsine (wild ox of the Malay Archipelago)
Holonyms ("Bos" is a member of...):
Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)
