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   bo·vine

   /ˈbōˌvīn/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or affecting cattle: "bovine tuberculosis" Similar cowlikecattle-likecalfliketaurine
   • ▪ (of a person) slow-moving and dull-witted: "amiable bovine faces" Similar stupidslowdimwitteddull-wittedignorantunintelligentimperceptivehalf-bakedvacuousmindlesswitlessobtusedoltishblockishlumpishwoodenstolidphlegmaticplacidsomnolentsluggishtorpidlifelessinertinanimateinformal:thickthickheadeddumbdensedimdopeyslow on the uptakedead from the neck upboneheadedblockheadedlamebrainedchuckleheadeddunderheadedwooden-headedmuttonheadedpig-ignorantbirdbrainedpeabraineddozydivvydaftnot the full shillingthick as two short planksglaikitchowderheaddumb-assdotishrare:hebeteOpposite quick-witted

   noun

   • 1. an animal of the cattle group, which also includes buffaloes and bisons.

   Word Origin early 19th century: from late Latin bovinus, from Latin bos, bov- ‘ox’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bovinely adverb

   Scrabble Points: 11

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