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FAMILY BOVIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
True antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats
Synonyms:
Bovidae; family Bovidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Bovidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Bovidae"):
Antilope; genus Antilope (blackbucks)
genus Litocranius; Litocranius (antelopes of eastern Africa: gerenuks)
genus Addax (genus of antelopes of northern African deserts)
Connochaetes; genus Connochaetes (African antelopes: gnus)
genus Madoqua; Madoqua (genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa)
Alcelaphus; genus Alcelaphus (African antelopes: hartebeests)
Damaliscus; genus Damaliscus (African antelopes: sassabies)
Aepyceros; genus Aepyceros (African antelopes: impalas)
Gazella; genus Gazella (typical gazelles)
Antidorcas; genus Antidorcas (springboks)
genus Strepsiceros; genus Tragelaphus; Strepsiceros; Tragelaphus (African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks)
Boselaphus; genus Boselaphus (Indian antelopes: nilgais)
genus Hippotragus; Hippotragus (sable antelopes)
genus Saiga (Eurasian antelopes: saigas)
genus Raphicerus; Raphicerus (African antelopes: steenboks)
genus Taurotragus; Taurotragus (African antelopes: elands)
genus Kobus; Kobus (African antelopes: waterbucks)
Adenota; genus Adenota (African antelopes: puku)
genus Oryx (African antelopes: oryxes)
genus Pseudoryx; Pseudoryx (species of large cow-like mammals of Vietnam discovered by scientists in 1992)
bovid (hollow-horned ruminants)
Bovinae; subfamily Bovinae (term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle; buffalo; and sometimes includes kudu)
Bovini; tribe Bovini (term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos)
Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)
buffalo; Old World buffalo (any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo)
Bubalus; genus Bubalus; tribe Bubalus (in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes)
genus Anoa (a genus of mammals of the family Bovidae)
genus Synercus; Synercus; tribe synercus (Cape buffalo)
Bibos; genus Bibos (wild ox)
genus Bison (sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo)
genus Ovibos; Ovibos (consisting of the musk-ox)
genus Ovis; Ovis (sheep)
Ammotragus; genus Ammotragus (genus of wild sheep)
Capra; genus Capra (goats)
goat antelope (bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats)
genus Oreamnos; Oreamnos (mountain goats)
genus Naemorhedus; Naemorhedus (gorals)
Capricornis; genus Capricornis (serows)
genus Rupicapra; Rupicapra (chamois)
Budorcas; genus Budorcas (gnu goats)
Holonyms ("family Bovidae" is a member of...):
Ruminantia; suborder Ruminantia (cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels)
