bos

Noun
  1. Wild and domestic cattle;
    In some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini (synset 102404313)
    is a type of: mammal genus - a genus of mammals
    member holonym:
    • 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
    belongs to: bovidae, family bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats
    same as: genus bos

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