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ZEBU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does zebu mean?
• ZEBU (noun)
The noun ZEBU has 1 sense:
1. domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia
Familiarity information: ZEBU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("zebu" is a kind of...):
Bos indicus; Brahma; Brahman; Brahmin (any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding)
Holonyms ("zebu" is a member of...):
Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)
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