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    BOS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Boviniplay

    Synonyms:

    Bos; genus Bos

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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