bose
n. countablen. a type of wild cattle from ancient times that lived in Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It is the ancestor of the cows we have today.
n. an extinct species of large wild cattle, Bos primigenius, which inhabited the forests of Europe, North Africa, and much of Asia. It is the wild ancestor of modern domestic cattle.
Ancient cave paintings often show the bose.
Archaeologists found the skull of a bose while excavating the prehistoric settlement site.
The extinction of the bose in the seventeenth century marked the loss of one of Europe's most significant megafauna species, which had survived since the Pleistocene epoch.
The plural form is typically 'boses' or 'bose', though the Latin plural 'boves' is occasionally found in older scientific texts.