Bovine vs. Cattle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bovine and Cattle
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Bovine
Of, relating to, or resembling a ruminant mammal of the bovid subfamily Bovinae, such as a cow, ox, or buffalo, especially one in the genus Bos.
Cattle
Cattle, or cows (female) and bulls (male), are large domesticated cloven-hooved herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos taurus.
Bovine
Sluggish, dull, and stolid.
Cattle
Domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, steers etc).
Do you want to raise cattle?
Bovine
An animal of the subfamily Bovinae, especially one of the genus Bos.
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Cattle
Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.
Bovine
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle.
Cattle
People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
Bovine
(not comparable) Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cows, buffalo, and bison.
Cattle
Chattel
Goods and cattle
Bovine
Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
Cattle
Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.
Bovine
An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
Cattle
Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine.
Bovine
Of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; a bovine antelope.
Cattle
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
A team of oxen
Bovine
Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament.
The bovine gaze of gaping rustics.
Bovine
Any of various members of the genus Bos
Bovine
Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
Bovine
Dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox;
Showed a bovine apathy
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