Bos taurus

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Bos taurus - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"cattle, cows, kine, oxencalf - young of domestic cattleBos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovinibovine - any of various members of the genus Bosox - an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurusstirk - yearling heifer or bullockbullock, steer - castrated bullbull - uncastrated adult male of domestic cattlecow, moo-cow - female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"beef, beef cattle - cattle that are reared for their meatWelsh Black, Welsh - a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Walesred poll - hornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattleAfricander - tall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa; used for meat or draftdairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker - cattle that are reared for their milkDevon - red dual-purpose cattle of English origingrade - a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breedboeuf, beef - meat from an adult domestic bovineherd - a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans