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Answer for the clue "Relating to cattle ", 6 letters:
bovine

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Word definitions for bovine in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context not comparable English) Of or pertaining to cattle. 2 (context not comparable English) Belonging to the tribe Bovini, including cows, buffalo, and bison. 3 sluggish, dull, slow-witted. n. An animal of the tribe ''Bovini'', including cattle, ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bovine \Bo"vine\, a. [LL. bovinus, fr. L. bos, bovis, ox, cow: cf. F. bovine. See Cow .] (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. Having qualities characteristic ...

Usage examples of bovine.

You know of course that it is a common measure of prophylaxis to shoot a cow with the aftosa and that a reasonable cow would not object to this procedure if that cow had not been indoctrinated with the proper feelings of duty toward the bovine community at large.

Mad Cow disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, but even more rare.

Reynolds had mentioned it in his letter: bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or more commonly, mad cow disease.

An old man was mucking out the byre and as the rich bovine smell drifted across, one of my companions wrinkled his nose.

But the Ovine ram and Bovine bull came together before the cube, lowering their heads.

On the other hand, the representatives of the ovine and bovine races were to be counted by tens of thousands.

Australia, though so rich in this respect, does not set a better spread table before her ovine and bovine pensioners.

Mixed with them were herds of brilliant yellow and red hartebeest, purple sassaby, and the great bovine eland, striped and maned and majestic.

For years past Miss Gardiner has been famous as a raiser of stock, equine and bovine, but unfortunately she has been most frequently before the public as the strong assertor of territorial rights.

This new protein bears a striking similarity to the protein that causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

DNA from scratch, and re-introduce it into unmodified bovine pla-cental cell lines.

There are some elaborate techniques we could use, to try to repair the DNA-but it will probably be easier to synthesize fresh DNA from scratch, and re-introduce it into unmodified bovine pla-cental cell lines.

The soft grunt was still there and her eyes had begun to retreat into her head -the worst sign of all in bovines.

The little red people interpreted their sullen bovine glares as subservience only, but all the while the Archaea were looking at them thinking, You cannibals, we are going to get you some day.

The town is pervaded by a bovine smell, sweet to the nostrils of those who have travelled long in the beefless lands of the people of the forest.