Definition of Bovidae

1. Noun. True antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Bovidae

Bourneville-Pringle disease
Bourquin
Boutcher
Bouteloua
Bouteloua eriopoda
Bouteloua gracilis
Bouvet Island
Bouvier des Flandres
Bouviers des Flandres
Bouvines
Bouyei
Bovero
Bovey coal
Bovicola
Bovidae
Bovie
Bovinae
Bovini
Bovril
Bowden
Bowden cable
Bowden cables
Bowditch
Bowditch's law
Bowditch effect
Bowdler
Bowdlerism
Bowen's precancerous dermatosis
Bowenoid cells

Literary usage of Bovidae

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

1. Immunity in Infective Diseases by Elie Metchnikoff (1907)
"Pleuro- pneumonia in the bovidae.—IX. Typhoid Fever.—X. Plague.—XL Tetanus.— XII. Diphtheria. Iff the preceding chapters I have attempted to present to the ..."

2. The Mammals of Colorado: An Account of the Several Species Found Within the by Edward Royal Warren (1910)
"(bovidae.) a'. Horns smooth and rounded. Bison, p. 1)'. Horns transversely wrinkled and rough. Ovis, p. <) b. Horns branched and shed periodically. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Deer family (Cervidae) Hollow-horned ruminant» (bovidae) vestiges of two other aeries, one on the labial side of the milk teeth and one on the lingual side ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The characteristic of this family bovidae,—Lastly, we have the great family of hollow-horned ruminants or bovidae, in which the horns (present in the males ..."

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