'Bovine' definitions:

Definition of 'bovine'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) [syn: bovine, bovid]
adjective
Dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox; "showed a bovine apathy"
noun
Any of various members of the genus Bos

Definition of 'Bovine'

From: GCIDE
  • Bovine \Bo"vine\, a. [LL. bovinus, fr. L. bos, bovis, ox, cow: cf. F. bovine. See Cow.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; a bovine antelope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament. [1913 Webster]
  • The bovine gaze of gaping rustics. --W. Black. [1913 Webster]