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BIBOS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bibos mean?
• BIBOS (noun)
The noun BIBOS has 1 sense:
1. wild ox
Familiarity information: BIBOS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wild ox
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bibos; genus Bibos
Hypernyms ("Bibos" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Bibos"):
ox; wild ox (any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos)
Asian wild ox (genus of Asiatic wild oxen)
Bibos gaurus; gaur (wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India)
Bibos frontalis; gayal; mithan (ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur)
Holonyms ("Bibos" is a member of...):
Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)
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