zebu

See also: Zebu, zébu, and zebù

English

Etymology

From French zébu, from Tibetan (perhaps མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, “male bull-yak hybrid”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈziː.buː/, /ˈziː.bjuː/, /ˈzɛ.buː/, /ˈzɛ.bjuː/, /ˈzeɪ.buː/, /ˈzeɪ.bjuː/

Noun

zebu (plural zebus)

  1. A domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa, having a large fleshy hump on its back and a dewlap (Bos primigenius indicus).

Synonyms
A zebu (kind of bovine).

Translations
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See also
  • Appendix:List of sequence animal genomes/October 2014

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

zebu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ゼブ

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛ.bu/

Noun

zebu n

  1. zebu

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French zébu, from Tibetan.

Pronunciation

Noun

zebu m (plural zebus)

  1. zebu (domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa)
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