Bos

See also: bos, bô, bõs, boš, boș, boş, bo's, Bos., and Boś

Translingual

Bos taurus indicus

Etymology

From Latin bōs (“cow, bull, or ox”).

Proper noun

Bos m

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the cattle.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Bovinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Bos (Bos), Bos (Bibos), Bos (Novibos) - subgenera
- Bos acutifrons†, Bos aegyptiacus†, Bos frontalis, Bos gaurus, Bos grunniens, Bos indicus, Bos javanicus, Bos palaesondaicus†, Bos planifrons†, Bos primigenius†, Bos sauveli, Bos taurus - species
- Bos scoticus - obsolete taxa

References

Bos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Bos on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Bos on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Bos at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Bos at AnimalBase
Bos at Encyclopedia of Life
Bos in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bos

A surname.

Plautdietsch

Noun

Bos m

hurry, rush

Related terms

bose (verb)
bosijch (adjective)

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