bovineantelope

noun
UK /ˈbəʊvaɪn ˈæntɪləʊp/
US /ˈboʊvaɪn ˈæntəloʊp/

A big animal that looks like a cow and an antelope mixed together.

The bovineantelope grazed quietly on the grassy plain.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A fictional hybrid creature in stories that combines cow and antelope features.

The children drew a bovineantelope with horns and a spotted coat.

3. Any large grass-eating mammal that shares traits of both cattle and antelopes.

Scientists described the fossil as an early bovineantelope.

4. A playful nickname for a person who is both calm and quick.

Her friends called her a bovineantelope because she was steady but fast.