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BOS PRIMIGENIUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bos primigenius mean?
• BOS PRIMIGENIUS (noun)
The noun BOS PRIMIGENIUS has 1 sense:
1. large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
Familiarity information: BOS PRIMIGENIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
aurochs; Bos primigenius; urus
Hypernyms ("Bos primigenius" is a kind of...):
ox; wild ox (any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos)
Holonyms ("Bos primigenius" is a member of...):
Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)
Context examples
The domesticated ungulates, Bos primigenius taurus and Bos primigenius indicus.
(Cow, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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