Definition of Bibos

1. Noun. Wild ox.

Exact synonyms: Genus Bibos
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Ox, Wild Ox, Asian Wild Ox, Bibos Gaurus, Gaur, Bibos Frontalis, Gayal, Mithan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bibos

Bibendum
Bible
Bible-worship
Bible Belt
Bible basher
Bible bashers
Bible thumper
Bible thumpers
Bibles
Biblezine
Biblezines
Biblical
Biblical Aramaic
Biblical Hebrew
Biblical Latin
Bibos (current term)
Bibos frontalis
Bibos gaurus
Bichat
Bichat's canal
Bichat's fat-pad
Bichat's fissure
Bichat's foramen
Bichat's fossa
Bichat's ligament
Bichat's membrane
Bichat's protuberance
Bichat's tunic
Bichon Frisé
Bichons Frisés

Literary usage of Bibos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia: (Pecora, Linnæus) in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1872)
"Bibos. Horns on the hinder edge of the frontal hone, which is often very prominent, depressed at the base, directed outwards, recurved at the tip. ..."

2. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company by Thomas Horsfield, East India Company Museum (1851)
"706. Bovis Species, Elliot, Smith, Gray, Trail, et al. 263. Bibos CA ... Large wild Indian Bibos, with fine short limbs; short tail, not reaching to the ..."

3. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"Bubalus, H. Smith Griffith An. Kingd., v, p. 371 (1827). Anoa, H. Smith Griffith An. Kingd., v, p. 355 (1827). Bibos, Hodgson JAS В., vi, p. 499 (1837). ..."

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