'Bos taurus' definitions:

Definition of 'Bos taurus'

From: WordNet
noun
Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" [syn: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus]

Definition of 'Bos taurus'

From: GCIDE
  • Beef \Beef\ (b[=e]f), n. [OE. boef, befe, beef, OF. boef, buef, F. b[oe]ef, fr. L. bos, bovis, ox; akin to Gr. boy^s, Skr. g[=o] cow, and E. cow. See 2d Cow.]
  • 1. An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, Bos taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.
  • Note: [In this, which is the original sense, the word has a plural, beeves (b[=e]vz).] [1913 Webster]
  • A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.
  • Note: [In this sense, the word has no plural.] "Great meals of beef." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Applied colloquially to human flesh. [1913 Webster]