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Bos

noun

wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini

• Syn: ↑genus Bos

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bovidae, ↑family Bovidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑bovine, ↑ox, ↑wild ox, ↑cattle, ↑cows, ↑kine, ↑oxen, ↑Bos taurus, ↑Brahman, ↑Brahma, ↑Brahmin, ↑Bos indicus, ↑zebu, ↑aurochs, ↑urus, ↑Bos primigenius, ↑yak, ↑Bos grunniens, ↑banteng, ↑banting, ↑tsine, ↑Bos banteng

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I. \\ˈbäs, ˈbōs,\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, ox, cow — more at cow

: a genus of ruminant mammals including the wild and domestic cattle and sometimes the water buffaloes and related forms, distinguished by a stout body and by hollow curved horns standing out laterally from the skull

II.

plural of bo

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bos

= behoves: see bus v. Obs.; also obs. f. boss.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.