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BRAHMA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Bos indicus; Brahma; Brahman; Brahmin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bovine (any of various members of the genus Bos)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Brahma"):

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)

Holonyms ("Brahma" 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:

The Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Hindu deity (a deity worshipped by the Hindus)

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

Trimurti (the triad of divinities of later Hinduism)

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