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GENUS BIBOS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Wild ox

Synonyms:

Bibos; genus Bibos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Bibos" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Bibos"):

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

Asian wild ox (genus of Asiatic wild oxen)

Bibos gaurus; gaur (wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India)

Bibos frontalis; gayal; mithan (ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur)

Holonyms ("genus Bibos" is a member of...):

Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)

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