Cambridge Dictionaries online Cambridge Dictionaries online

The most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English

  

bovine

adjective
 
 
/ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/ US  /ˈboʊ-/

Definition

specialized connected with cows: a bovine virus → See also BSECattle and similar animals slow or stupid in a way that a cow is thought to be: He had a gentle, rather bovine expression.Stupid and sillyOf unsound mind
(Definition of bovine adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Browse related topics

You are looking at an entry to do with Cattle & similar animals, but you might be interested in these topics from the Mammals topic area:

“bovine” in other dictionaries

Word of the Day

everything under the sun

everything that exists or is possible

Word of the Day

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Learn More

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.

Learn More