ZEBU

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("zebu" is a kind of...):

Bos indicus; Brahma; Brahman; Brahmin (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)

Holonyms ("zebu" is a member of...):

Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)

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