Definition of Bos indicus

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Brahma, Brahman, Brahmin
Group relationships: Bos, Genus Bos
Generic synonyms: Bovine
Specialized synonyms: Zebu

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bos Indicus

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
Bos indicus (current term)
Bos primigenius
Bos taurus
Bosc
Bosch
Boscs
Bose
Bose-Einstein condensate
Bose-Einstein statistics
Boselaphus
Boselaphus tragocamelus
Bosh
Bosin's disease
Bosjesman
Bosjesmans

Literary usage of Bos indicus

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

1. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"It is never met with in the kindred species 'Bos indicus? which has had something to do ... The original wild form of Bos indicus is completely extinct. ..."

2. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"In all probability there existed once in North-eastern Africa a type of wild ox which was a connecting link between the wild Indian cattle (Bos indicus, ..."

3. Use-inheritance Illustrated by the Direction of Hair on the Bodies of Animals by Walter Aubrey Kidd (1901)
"APPENDIX (2) The Frontal whorl is "present only in the Ungulate order and in the following species: —Bos indicus, B. frontalis, B. sondaicus, ..."

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