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bovid

US/ˈboʊvɪd/

bovid noun: an animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).

bovid: an animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep)
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Noun

bovid (plural bovids)

  1. An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).

Adjective

bovid (comparative more bovid, superlative most bovid)

  1. Of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
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Forms of bovid

Noun
pluralbovids
Adjective
comparativemore bovid
superlativemost bovid

Origin of bovid

From the stem of Classical Latin bōs + -id, after taxonomic name Bovidae. By surface analysis, an appellativization from Bovid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names).

Words formed from bovid

  • bovid hybrid

Words that rhyme with bovid

Questions about bovid

What does bovid mean?
Bovid means an animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
What part of speech is bovid?
Bovid can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce bovid?
Bovid is pronounced /ˈboʊvɪd/ (US).
What is the plural of bovid?
The plural of bovid is bovids.

Words near bovid in the dictionary

  1. bovicide
  2. bovicides
  3. bovicin
  4. bovicins
  5. boviculture
  6. bovid
  7. bovidomorph
  8. bovidomorphs
  9. bovids
  10. Bovie
  11. Bovies

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