Bovidae

noun

true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats

• Syn: ↑family Bovidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ruminantia, ↑suborder Ruminantia

• Member Meronyms:

↑bovid, ↑Bovinae, ↑subfamily Bovinae, ↑Bovini, ↑tribe Bovini, ↑Bos, ↑genus Bos, ↑Old World buffalo, ↑buffalo, ↑Bubalus, ↑genus Bubalus, ↑tribe Bubalus, ↑genus Anoa, ↑Synercus, ↑genus Synercus, ↑tribe synercus, ↑Bibos, ↑genus Bibos, ↑genus Bison, ↑Ovibos, ↑genus Ovibos, ↑Ovis, ↑genus Ovis, ↑Ammotragus, ↑genus Ammotragus, ↑Capra, ↑genus Capra, ↑goat antelope, ↑Oreamnos, ↑genus Oreamnos, ↑Naemorhedus, ↑genus Naemorhedus, ↑Capricornis, ↑genus Capricornis, ↑Rupicapra, ↑genus Rupicapra, ↑Budorcas, ↑genus Budorcas, ↑Antilope, ↑genus Antilope, ↑Litocranius, ↑genus Litocranius, ↑genus Addax, ↑Connochaetes, ↑genus Connochaetes, ↑Madoqua, ↑genus Madoqua, ↑Alcelaphus, ↑genus Alcelaphus, ↑Damaliscus, ↑genus Damaliscus, ↑Aepyceros, ↑genus Aepyceros, ↑Gazella, ↑genus Gazella, ↑Antidorcas, ↑genus Antidorcas, ↑Tragelaphus, ↑genus Tragelaphus, ↑Strepsiceros, ↑genus Strepsiceros, ↑Boselaphus, ↑genus Boselaphus, ↑Hippotragus, ↑genus Hippotragus, ↑genus Saiga, ↑Raphicerus, ↑genus Raphicerus, ↑Taurotragus, ↑genus Taurotragus, ↑Kobus, ↑genus Kobus, ↑Adenota, ↑genus Adenota, ↑genus Oryx, ↑Pseudoryx, ↑genus Pseudoryx

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\\ˈbōvəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Bov-, Bos, type genus + -idae

: a large family of ruminants containing the true antelopes, oxen, sheep, and goats, distinguished from the deer family by the polycotyledonary placenta, the hollow nondeciduous unbranched horns, and by the nearly universal presence of a gallbladder