bovid

/bˈə‍ʊvɪd/

/bˈoʊvɪd/

[noun] [adjective]

Bovid

[NOUN]

hollow-horned ruminants

bovid

[ADJECTIVE]

a group of mammals, including cows, buffalo, bison, and antelopes, that are characterized by cloven hooves and ruminant digestion

synonyms : bovine

Examples

1. There are 143 different species of bovids, which include cows, sheep, goats, antelopes and some other good stuff

2. You know the bits that kind of project off the top of the vertebra and in some animals they get extremely elongated, especially where like a lot of muscles are binding on to them like say in the cervical vertebrae on a rhinoceros or on most of the big heavy bovids, things like bison, water buffalo.