bovid

American  

[boh-vid] / ˈboʊ vɪd /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Bovidae, comprising the hollow-horned ruminants, as oxen, antelopes, sheep, and goats.

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noun

1. any bovid animal.

bovid British  

/ ˈbəʊvɪd /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Bovidae , a family of ruminant artiodactyl hollow-horned mammals including sheep, goats, cattle, antelopes, and buffalo

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noun

1. any bovid animal

bovid Scientific  

/ bō′vĭd /

1. Any of various hoofed, horned ruminant mammals of the family Bovidae, which includes cattle, sheep, goats, buffaloes, bisons, antelopes, and yaks.

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Etymology

Origin of bovid

< New Latin Bovidae, equivalent to Bov-, stem of Bos a genus, including domestic cattle ( Latin bōs ox, bull, akin to cow ¹ ) + -idae -id ²

Example Sentences

"African bovid tribe classification using transfer learning and computer vision" appeared in a recent edition of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2023

Happily, women today can anticipate fewer barriers, at least of the bovid kind.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2021

Now sheep are welcome, but even though the bovid border has been reopened, the expected surge of sheep has not materialized.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2020

Nevertheless, the bovid is part of a rip-roaring story of how a nation of 5 million people helped to forge the modern age.

From Nature • Jun. 28, 2016

This hasn’t really been explained – after all, ornaments of this sort are lacking in the females of some other bovid species where the males have them.

From Scientific American • Feb. 26, 2014