Found 2 items, similar to Bos taurus.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Bos taurus Bos taurus n : domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; “so many head of cattle”; “wait till the cows come home”; “seven thin and ill-favored kine”- Bible; “a team of oxen” [syn: cattle, cows, kine, oxen]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bos taurus Beef \Beef\ (b[=e]f), n. [OE. boef, befe, beef, OF. boef, buef, F. b[oe]ef, fr. L. bos, bovis, ox; akin to Gr. boy^s, Skr. g[=o] cow, and E. cow. See 2d Cow.] 1. An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, Bos taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food. Note: [In this, which is the original sense, the word has a plural, beeves (b[=e]vz).] [1913 Webster] A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food. Note: [In this sense, the word has no plural.] “Great meals of beef.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Applied colloquially to human flesh. [1913 Webster]