adjective
- relating to cattle
- slow-moving or dull in manner
Usage: often derogatory
noun
- an animal of the cattle family
Usage: technical
Examples
- The veterinarian specialized in bovine diseases.
- Bovine tuberculosis can affect dairy herds.
- His bovine expression showed no understanding of the joke.
- She moved with bovine slowness through the morning routine.
- The farm raised several bovines for milk production.
- The bovine stood peacefully in the pasture.
- Bovine growth hormone is used in some dairy operations.