bovid

/ˈboʊvəd/

Definitions of bovid

1. adjective

   of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
   synonyms: bovine
2. noun

   hollow-horned ruminants
   types:

   bovine

   any of various members of the genus Bos

   Old World buffalo, buffalo

   any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo

   bison

   any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns

   Ovibos moschatus, musk ox, musk sheep

   large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep

   sheep

   woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

   wild sheep

   undomesticated sheep

   caprine animal, goat

   any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns

   goat antelope

   bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats

   antelope

   graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks

   Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, forest goat, spindle horn

   cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope; characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat

   ox, wild ox

   any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos

   Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen

   domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

   Bos indicus, Brahma, Brahman, Brahmin

   any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding

   Asiatic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, water buffalo, water ox

   an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal

   Anoa depressicornis, anoa, dwarf buffalo

   small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns

   Anoa mindorensis, Bubalus mindorensis, tamarao, tamarau

   small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines

   Cape buffalo, Synercus caffer

   large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves

   American bison, American buffalo, Bison bison, buffalo

   large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

   Bison bonasus, aurochs, wisent

   European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison

   ewe

   female sheep

   ram, tup

   uncastrated adult male sheep

   wether

   male sheep especially a castrated one

   black sheep

   sheep with a black coat

   Ovis aries, domestic sheep

   any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin

   Ovis ammon, argal, argali

   wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia

   Marco Polo sheep, Marco Polo's sheep, Ovis poli

   Asiatic wild sheep with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali (or Ovis ammon)

   Ovis vignei, urial

   bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia

   Dall sheep, Dall's sheep, Ovis montana dalli, white sheep

   large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska

   mountain sheep

   any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions

   Ammotragus lervia, Barbary sheep, aoudad, arui, audad, maned sheep

   wild sheep of northern Africa

   kid

   young goat

   billy, billy goat, he-goat

   male goat

   nanny, nanny-goat, she-goat

   female goat

   Capra hircus, domestic goat

   any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool

   wild goat

   undomesticated goat

   Oreamnos americanus, Rocky Mountain goat, mountain goat

   sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America

   Naemorhedus goral, goral

   small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains

   serow

   short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia

   Rupicapra rupicapra, chamois

   hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips

   Budorcas taxicolor, gnu goat, takin

   large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area

   Antilope cervicapra, black buck, blackbuck

   common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns

   Litocranius walleri, gerenuk

   slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns

   Addax nasomaculatus, addax

   large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa

   gnu, wildebeest

   large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail

   dik-dik

   any of several small antelopes of eastern Africa of the genus Madoqua; the size of a large rabbit

   hartebeest

   a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward

   Damaliscus lunatus, sassaby, topi

   a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal

   Aepyceros melampus, impala

   African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps

   gazelle

   small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes

   Boocercus eurycerus, Tragelaphus eurycerus, bongo

   large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns

   koodoo, koudou, kudu

   either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush

   harnessed antelope

   any of several antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus having striped markings resembling a harness

   Tragelaphus buxtoni, mountain nyala

   shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia

   Boselaphus tragocamelus, blue bull, nilgai, nylghai, nylghau

   large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns

   Hippotragus niger, sable antelope

   large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns

   Saiga tatarica, saiga

   goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis

   Raphicerus campestris, steenbok, steinbok

   small plains antelope of southeastern Africa

   eland

   either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes

   waterbuck

   any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers

   Adenota vardoni, puku

   an African antelope closely related to the waterbuck

   oryx, pasang

   large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns

   type of:

   ruminant

   any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments