Definition of Bos grunniens

1. Noun. Large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated.

Exact synonyms: Yak
Group relationships: Bos, Genus Bos
Generic synonyms: Ox, Wild Ox

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bos Grunniens

Borrelia hermsii
Borrelia hispanica
Borrelia latyschewii
Borrelia mazzottii
Borrelia parkeri
Borrelia persica
Borrelia recurrentis
Borrelia theileri
Borrelia turicatae
Borrelia venezuelensis
Borromean Islands
Borrowdale
Borstal
Bos banteng
Bos grunniens (current term)
Bos indicus
Bos primigenius
Bos taurus
Bosc
Bosch
Boscs
Bose
Bose-Einstein condensate
Bose-Einstein statistics
Boselaphus
Boselaphus tragocamelus
Bosh
Bosin's disease
Bosjesman

Literary usage of Bos grunniens

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

1. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"... i88s,ASBW Rutledge, 1881. Zoological Gardens, 1885. Sir A. Phayre, ASBW Rutledge, 1881. W. Rutledge, 1881. Bos grunniens. Bos grunniens, Linnaeus Syst. ..."

2. The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1819)
"Whether it is the same which Fabricius saw may be doubted, but it seems very improbable that either should be the bos grunniens. ..."

3. A Monograph of the Genus Bos: The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and by George Vasey (1857)
"... the Bos grunniens by its whole tail being covered with long silky hairs; the Bos bubalus, (at least the Indian buffalo,) by having thewhole length of ..."

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