BOVIDAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bovidae mean? 

• BOVIDAE (noun)
  The noun BOVIDAE has 1 sense:

1. true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats

  Familiarity information: BOVIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOVIDAE (noun)

Meaning:

True antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bovidae; family Bovidae

Hypernyms ("Bovidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Bovidae"):

Gazella; genus Gazella (typical gazelles)

Aepyceros; genus Aepyceros (African antelopes: impalas)

Damaliscus; genus Damaliscus (African antelopes: sassabies)

Alcelaphus; genus Alcelaphus (African antelopes: hartebeests)

genus Madoqua; Madoqua (genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa)

Connochaetes; genus Connochaetes (African antelopes: gnus)

genus Addax (genus of antelopes of northern African deserts)

genus Litocranius; Litocranius (antelopes of eastern Africa: gerenuks)

Antidorcas; genus Antidorcas (springboks)

genus Strepsiceros; genus Tragelaphus; Strepsiceros; Tragelaphus (African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks)

Boselaphus; genus Boselaphus (Indian antelopes: nilgais)

genus Pseudoryx; Pseudoryx (species of large cow-like mammals of Vietnam discovered by scientists in 1992)

genus Oryx (African antelopes: oryxes)

Adenota; genus Adenota (African antelopes: puku)

genus Kobus; Kobus (African antelopes: waterbucks)

genus Taurotragus; Taurotragus (African antelopes: elands)

genus Raphicerus; Raphicerus (African antelopes: steenboks)

genus Saiga (Eurasian antelopes: saigas)

genus Hippotragus; Hippotragus (sable antelopes)

Antilope; genus Antilope (blackbucks)

Budorcas; genus Budorcas (gnu goats)

Bibos; genus Bibos (wild ox)

genus Synercus; Synercus; tribe synercus (Cape buffalo)

genus Anoa (a genus of mammals of the family Bovidae)

Bubalus; genus Bubalus; tribe Bubalus (in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes)

buffalo; Old World buffalo (any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo)

Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)

Bovini; tribe Bovini (term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos)

Bovinae; subfamily Bovinae (term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle; buffalo; and sometimes includes kudu)

genus Bison (sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo)

genus Ovibos; Ovibos (consisting of the musk-ox)

genus Rupicapra; Rupicapra (chamois)

Capricornis; genus Capricornis (serows)

genus Naemorhedus; Naemorhedus (gorals)

genus Oreamnos; Oreamnos (mountain goats)

goat antelope (bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats)

Capra; genus Capra (goats)

Ammotragus; genus Ammotragus (genus of wild sheep)

genus Ovis; Ovis (sheep)

bovid (hollow-horned ruminants)

Holonyms ("Bovidae" is a member of...):

Ruminantia; suborder Ruminantia (cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels)