BOVATE
Bo"vate, n. Etym: [LL. bovata, fr. bos, bovis, ox.] (O.Eng.Law.)
Defn: An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres.
BOVEY COAL
Bo"vey coal`. (Min.)
Defn: A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor; — found at Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England. It is of geological age of the oölite, and not of the true coal era.
BOVID
Bo"vid, a. Etym: [L. bos, bovis, ox, cow.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus
Bos is the type.
BOVIFORM
Bo"vi*form, a. Etym: [L. bos, bovis, ox + -form.]
Defn: Resembling an ox in form; ox-shaped. [R.]
BOVINE Bo"vine, a. Etym: [LL. bovinus, fr.L. bos, bovis, ox, cow: cf. F. bovine. See Cow.]
1. (Zoöl.)