banteng

American  

[ban-teng] / ˈbæn tɛŋ /

Also banting

noun

bantengs, plural banting plural

1. a wild ox, Bos banteng (javanicus ), of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, resembling the domestic cow: now greatly reduced in number.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bantengs
  plural
• banting
  plural

Etymology

Origin of banteng

< Indonesian Malay banténg < Javanese banṭéng

Example Sentences

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Three other species have been cloned for conservation: a Przewalski’s horse named Kurt, and two types of Southeast Asian cattle under threat, the gaur and the banteng.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 11, 2022

Since the 40,000-year-old flowstone covers the banteng image, the artwork must be older than that — and thus the oldest known figurative art on the planet.

From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2018

Combining the evidence from this stencil and the banteng image, it’s possible that people started making art in the Borneo caves sometime between 52,000 years ago and 40,000 years ago.

From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2018

Zoos treat cloned males, which can pass along only nuclear DNA to future generations, as valuable “bridges” of pure banteng DNA to the banteng gene pool.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2014

The banteng cow is much slighter in build, and has small horns that incline backwards, and she retains her bright chestnut colour permanently.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

But cloned female bantengs, with their baggage of cow mitochondrial DNA ready to be passed to their offspring, are deemed valueless hybrids.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2014

The first occasion, in 1919, was to restrict debate on the Treaty of Versailles; the second, in 1926, on the World Court debate; the third, last week, on the McFadden-Pepper branching banting bill debate.

From Time Magazine Archive

And by all means let him consult a qualified physician if he fears either that he is overdoing or underdoing his banting.

From One Third Off by Sarg, Tony

Not so bad, after all, this banting at Marienbad, he reflected.

From Visionaries by Huneker, James

I remembered a man of my acquaintance, an enormously fleshy and unwieldy man, who, fearing apoplexy, undertook a radical scheme of banting.

From One Third Off by Sarg, Tony

She confessed to banting, but drew the line at anything more exhausting.

From A Fool and His Money by McCutcheon, George Barr