bovine
Of the herd
Bovine refers to cattle—cows, bulls, oxen, and their relatives.
As an adjective, it describes anything relating to these animals: bovine diseases, the bovine population.
The word also characterizes people or behavior resembling cattle—slow, placid, dull, or stupidly patient: He stared with bovine indifference.
The noun bovine refers to any animal in the cattle family.
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- cowFemale bovine
- bullSteer before castration
- calfJuvenile cow or leg part
- steerDirect movement or castrated bull
heifer · oxen · herd · livestock · ruminant · ungulate · mammal · hoofed
Calm, undisturbed
- docileEasily controlled or taught
- stolidUnemotional and calm
- sluggishSlow and inactive
- dullLacking edge or interest
slow · lumbering · passive · impassive · phlegmatic · languid · torpid · listless
Tanned bovine leather
- hideConceal or pelt
- rawhideUntanned animal skin
- tanningCuring hides or bronzing
- tanneryLeather-making facility
full-grain · top-grain · suede · nubuck · vegetable-tanned · tooled · saddlery · cordovan
Bovine meat for eating
- vealYoung calf meat
- brisketLower chest of cattle
- sirloinUpper hindquarter beef cut
- ribeyeTender marbled steak cut
tenderloin · chuck · flank · shank · oxtail · tripe · tongue · marbling
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
steer · heifer · oxen · herd · livestock · ruminant · ungulate · mammal · hoofed · domesticated
milk
Mammalian nursing fluid
yogurt · ghee · whey · curd · casein · lactose · butterfat · colostrum · milking · udder
placid
Calm, undisturbed
dull · slow · lumbering · passive · impassive · phlegmatic · languid · torpid · listless · unexcitable
cowhide
Tanned bovine leather
tannery · full-grain · top-grain · suede · nubuck · vegetable-tanned · tooled · saddlery · cordovan · calfskin
beef
Bovine meat for eating
ribeye · tenderloin · chuck · flank · shank · oxtail · tripe · tongue · marbling · aged
taurine
Sulfonic amino acid
porcine · canine · feline · cervine · ursine · leonine · lupine · vulpine · aquiline · murine
ranch
Livestock-raising estate
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- paddockSmall fenced animal enclosure
- feedlotLivestock fattening enclosure
stockyard · branding · roundup · herding · husbandry · breeding · calving · weaning · castration · dehorning
- life formsorganisms, organism, lifeforms, animal, creatures
- biology termscell, DNA, genetics, genetic, evolution
- animal-likeapish, apelike, avian, beastly, birdlike
- Bullsbull market, bull pen, bull riding, bull run, bull terrier
- veterinaryvets, vet visits, pet hospitals, vet bills, vaccine
- cattlecow, moo, cows, bull, bulls
bovinequick-witted
Fast at thinking
sharp · alert · brainy · bright · intelligent