bovine

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.

adj

1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle.
2. (not comparable) Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cows, buffalo, and bison.
3. Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
   They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have. 1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 48
   For reasons which are really a matter for a trainee psychoanalyst, who plays James Bond is a big thing for Spencer. To this end, he has unleashed a series of thoughts so bovine that I’ll just give you one for a little flavour. 2018-08-16, Marina Hyde, “Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team”, in The Guardian

noun

1. An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.