bovine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various members of the genus Bos
  2. adjective of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
    bovid.
  3. adjective satellite dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox
    • showed a bovine apathy

WordNet

Bo"vine adjective
Etymology
LL. bovinus, fr.L. bos, bovis, ox, cow: cf. F. bovine. See Cow.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; a bovine antelope.
  2. Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament.
    The bovine gaze of gaping rustics. W. Black.

Webster 1913