bos taurus

Noun
  1. Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age (synset 102405077)
    "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"; "a team of oxen"
    is a type of: bovine - any of various members of the genus Bos
    subtypes:
    • ox - an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
    • stirk - yearling heifer or bullock
    • bullock, steer - castrated bull
    • bull - uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
    • cow, moo-cow - female of domestic cattle:
    • beef, beef cattle - cattle that are reared for their meat
    • welsh, welsh black - a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales
    • red poll - hornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattle
    • africander - tall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa; used for meat or draft
    • dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker - cattle that are reared for their milk
    • devon - red dual-purpose cattle of English origin
    • grade - a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
    member holonym: calf - young of domestic cattle
    belongs to:
    • bos, genus bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini
    • herd - a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
    has: beef, boeuf - meat from an adult domestic bovine
    same as: cattle, cows, kine, oxen

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