bovine
adjective/ˈbəʊvaɪn/
/ˈbəʊvaɪn/
[usually before noun]- (specialist) connected with cows
- bovine diseases
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- (disapproving) (of a person) stupid and slow
- a look of bovine surprise/stupidity
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from late Latin bovinus, from Latin bos, bov- ‘ox’.
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