bovid means of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
bovid is pronounced /ˈboʊvɪd/.
Etymology
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).
adj
- Of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).“The land slopes at every turn in this pristine pocket of northern Otsego County. […] It appears that little would link this quiet corner to the hurly-burly of immigrant hubs like Jackson Heights and Elmhurst in Queens, or Atlantic Avenue in downtown Brooklyn. But Phillip D. Metzger saw the connection: hollow-horned bovid ruminants. That is, goats. Or more specifically, goat meat.”
noun
- An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).