Etymology

bovid

B3O1V4I1D2

Today it means: An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep). Full definition →

taxonomic name Bovidae
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  1. taxonomic name · derived fromBovidae
  2. English todaybovid

From the stem of Classical Latin bōs + -id, after taxonomic name Bovidae. By surface analysis, an appellativization from Bovid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names).

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