Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bovine \Bo"vine\, a. [LL. bovinus, fr.L. bos, bovis, ox, cow:
   cf. F. bovine. See {Cow}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Source : WordNet®

bovine
     adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
            [syn: {bovid}]
     2: dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox; "showed a
        bovine apathy"
     n : any of various members of the genus Bos