zebu
one of a domesticated form of cattle, Bos taurus indicus, of India, having a large hump over the shoulders and a large dewlap.
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The small ox of Belon which we have seen, and call by the name of zebu, is no more than a variety in the species of the ox.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VIII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonThe little zebu of Arabia is not more than a tenth part the size of the bull-elephant.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonThe Brahmins esteem the zebu a sacred animal; and for this reason it has received the name of the Brahmin ox.
An Alphabet of Quadrupeds | AnonymousThe zebu is an animal of the cow kind, and a native of India, and on that account is often called the Indian ox.
An Alphabet of Quadrupeds | AnonymousWell, then, the zebu would come and live near the sandbank too—just so far as the crocodile would never see him.
Danger! and Other Stories | Arthur Conan Doyle
British Dictionary definitions for zebu
/ (ˈziːbuː) /
a domesticated ox, Bos indicus, having a humped back, long horns, and a large dewlap: used in India and E Asia as a draught animal
Origin of zebu
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