Bouvier
noun
a large powerful dog of a Belgian breed, having a rough shaggy coat: used esp for cattle herding and guarding
Contemporary Examples
Great Weekend Reads The Daily Beast November 19, 2010
Great Weekend Reads The Daily Beast November 19, 2010
Caroline: The Reasons Why Tina Brown January 4, 2009
Baba Amr’s Last Stand: The Final Days of the Syrian Rebel Stronghold Katie Paul March 4, 2012
Historical Examples
The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) John Holland Rose
The Jesuits, 1534-1921 Thomas J. Campbell
The Pears of New York U. P. Hedrick
A Little Girl in Old Washington Amanda M. Douglas
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II Various
The Story of the Trapper A. C. Laut
Read Also:
- Bouvier-des-flandres
one of a Belgian breed of dogs having eyebrows, a mustache and a beard, and a rough, wiry, tousled coat ranging in color from fawn to pepper-and-salt, gray, brindle, or black.
- Bouzouki
a long-necked, fretted lute of modern Greece. noun a Greek long-necked stringed musical instrument related to the mandolin
- Bovate
an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit. Historical Examples Impressions And Comments Havelock Ellis
- Bovid
of or relating to the Bovidae, comprising the hollow-horned ruminants, as oxen, antelopes, sheep, and goats. any bovid animal. Historical Examples Elementary Zoology, Second Edition Vernon L. Kellogg Natural History in Anecdote Various adjective of, relating to, or belonging to the Bovidae, a family of ruminant artiodactyl hollow-horned mammals including sheep, goats, cattle, antelopes, and […]
- Bovine-growth-hormone
a growth hormone of cattle that regulates growth and milk production in cows. the same hormone, harvested in large quantities from genetically engineered bacteria for daily injection into dairy cows to increase milk production. Abbreviation: bGH. bovine growth hormone A naturally occurring hormone of cattle that regulates growth and milk production. It may also be […]