Bos

See also: bos, bô, bōś, bõs, boš, boș, boş, bo's, Bos., and Boś

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin bōs (“cow, bull, or ox”).

Proper noun

Bos m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – cattle.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Bovidae – family; Bovinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): †Bos acutifrons, †Bos aegyptiacus, Bos bison, (American bison), Bos bonasus (European bison), Bos frontalis (gayal), Bos gaurus (gaur, gayal), Bos grunniens (yak), Bos indicus (zebu), Bos javanicus (banteng), †Bos palaesondaicus, †Bos planifrons, †Bos primigenius, Bos sauveli (kouprey), Bos taurus (cow, bull) – species
  • Bos scoticus – obsolete taxa

References

• Bos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Bos on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bos at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Bos at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Bos at AnimalBase
• Bos in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Bosch

Etymology

From bos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

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• Hyphenation: Bos
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Proper noun

Bos

1. a surname

East Central German

Alternative forms

• Boß, Poss

Noun

Bos m (plural Bosn)

1. (Erzgebirgisch) boy, teenager (male)

Further reading

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎ (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 25

Plautdietsch

Noun

Bos m

1. hurry, rush

Related terms

• bose (verb)
• bosijch (adjective)