- (n.) Applied colloquially to human flesh.
- (a.) Of, pertaining to or resembling, beef.
- (n.) An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; especially, an ox or cow fattened for food.
- (n.) The flesh of an ox or cow or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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