ˈbōvəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Bov-, Bos, type genus + -idae
: a large family of ruminants containing the true antelopes, oxen, sheep, and goats, distinguished from the deer family by the polycotyledonary placenta, the hollow nondeciduous unbranched horns, and by the nearly universal presence of a gallbladder