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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bo·vine / ˈbōvīn; -vēn/ • adj. of, relating to, or affecting cattle: bovine tuberculosis. ∎ (of a person) slow-moving and dull-witted. • n. an animal of the cattle group, which also includes buffaloes and bisons. DERIVATIVES: bo·vine·ly adv.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

bovine XIX. — late L. bovīnus, f. L. bōs, bov-; see COW1, -INE1.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

bovine •canine • asinine • leonine • saturnine •Antonine • pavonine • rapine •alpine, cisalpine •pitchpine • orpine •lupine, supine •porcupine • vulpine • salamandrine •alexandrine • sapphirine • taurine •endocrine • aventurine • vulturine •colubrine • lacustrine • estuarine •viperine • passerine • catarrhine •intrauterine, uterine •adulterine • riverine • ensign •internecine, V-sign •piscine • porcine • cosine • thylacine •countersign •hircine, ursine •shoeshine • moonshine • sunshine •earthshine •adamantine, Byzantine, elephantine •Tridentine • Levantine • Bechstein •Epstein • amethystine • Rubinstein •Frankenstein • Palestine • Philistine •turpentine • Einstein • Eisenstein •cispontine, transpontine •serotine • infantine • Wittgenstein •Argentine • Palatine •Ballantyne, valentine •eglantine • Hammerstein •clementine • vespertine • serpentine •Florentine •Lichtenstein, Liechtenstein •Constantine • nemertine • Bernstein •hyacinthine, labyrinthine •Jugurthine • grapevine • bovine •Glühwein • cervine • equine

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