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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    True antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goatsplay

    Synonyms:

    Bovidae; family Bovidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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