bos indicus

Questions about bos indicus

What does bos indicus mean?

bos indicus means "any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding".

What is another word for bos indicus?

Close synonyms include Brahman, Brahma, Brahmin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bos indicus a common word?

bos indicus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.