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Cow? or Bovine?
dtc Started conversation Mar 5, 2000
It was my understanding that the word cow is actually just a word for the female mammal, as bull is the word for the male mammal, and that these words cow and bull could just as easily refer to dolphins, elephants, whales and other mammals.
The organism that you have described is, I beleive, actually called a Bovine.
It is likely that cowboys just found it easier to refer to them as cows and bulls.
Cow? or Bovine?
Bonfirelight Posted Jul 11, 2003
not to mention that bovine boy sounds plain wrong - maybe even a little bit seedy.
Cow? or Bovine?
Bonfirelight Posted Jul 11, 2003
Not to mention that bovine boy sounds plain wrong - maybe even a little bit seedy.
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