Having the shape or form of cattle or resembling a cow or ox in physical appearance.
From Latin 'bos' (ox or cow) combined with '-form' (suffix meaning shape or form), literally meaning 'ox-shaped'.
This is a rare adjective used mainly in zoology to describe animals shaped like cattle, but it reveals how scientists build words systematically—once you know 'bos' means ox and '-form' means shape, you can understand similar scientific terms like 'uniform' or 'cuneiform'.
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