Definition of Bos primigenius

1. Noun. Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle.

Exact synonyms: Aurochs, Urus
Group relationships: Bos, Genus Bos
Generic synonyms: Ox, Wild Ox

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bos Primigenius

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

Literary usage of Bos primigenius

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1867)
"Note of a Bone of the Bos primigenius,/ound ... By GEORGE LOGAN, Esq. Mr Logan stated that the bone of the Bos primigenius exhibited was found in the course ..."

2. A Monograph of the Post-Tertiary Entomostraca of Scotland Including Species by George Stewardson Brady, David Robertson, Henry William Crosskey (1874)
"1 These stratified lacustrine clays yielded the skull and horn core of Bos primigenius, part of the horn of ..."

3. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1890)
"This is likewise the opinion of Nilsson. Bos primigenius existed as a wild animal in ... 13 from Bos primigenius. sance Gen. du Bœuf,' Paris, I860. Fig-. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"... Equus ^caballus, Bos primigenius. (c) LOWER TERRACE (latest). ... Cervus tarandus, Bos primigenius, Ursus (not determined) and ..."

5. City Milk Supply by Horatio Newton Parker (1917)
"It was smaller than Bos primigenius with shorter horns, face and forehead. ... Those of Bos primigenius ancestry. They are characterized by a long narrow ..."

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