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boviculture en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin bos (“cattle”) + cultura (“cultivation”); stem ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws which also gave Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), and English cow.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The rearing and care of cattle.
    • No discussion of boviculture would be complete without due and proper consideration of Taurus, the bull. 1936, Ward William Adair, The Road to New York, page 18: