Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bovine

Bovine ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[Late Latin bovinus, from Latin bos, bovis, ox, cow: compare French bovine. See Cow.]

1.
(Zoology) Of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; a bovine antelope.
2.
Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament.
The bovine gaze of gaping rustics. — W. Black