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SUBSPECIES OF CATTLE FROM INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
Bos indicus; Indian cow; Xebu; Humped cattle; Humped Zebu; Bos primigenius indicus; Zebus; Indicus cattle; Zeboid Cattle; Cebu (animal); Bos taurus indicus; Indicine cattle; Zebuine cattle; Indicine; Zebuine; Zebu cattle; Zeboid
  • Zebu pictured on a coin of the [[Indo-Scythian]] king [[Azes II]], late first century BC
  • Female zebu in Sri Lanka
  • Pillar of Ashoka]], dating to the 3rd century BCE, depicting a zebu
  • Draft zebu pulling a cart in [[Mumbai]], India
  • Zebu market in [[Madagascar]]

Zebu         
·noun A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff.
zebu         
['zi:bu:]
¦ noun another term for Brahmin (in sense 3).
Origin
C18: from Fr. zebu, of unknown origin.
EVE/ZeBu         
PROVIDER OF HARDWARE-ASSISTED VERIFICATION TOOLS
EVE USA; EVE ZeBu
EVE/ZeBu is a provider of hardware-assisted verification tools for functional verification of Application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and system on chip (SOC) designs and for validation of embedded software (software driver, Operating System and Application software) ahead of implementation in silicon. EVE's hardware acceleration and hardware emulation products work in conjunction with Verilog, SystemVerilog, and VHDL-based simulators from Synopsys, Cadence Design Systems and Mentor Graphics.

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Zebu

The zebu (; Bos indicus or Bos taurus indicus), sometimes known in the plural as indicine cattle or humped cattle, is a species or subspecies of domestic cattle originating in the Indian sub-continent. Zebu are characterised by a fatty hump on their shoulders, a large dewlap, and sometimes drooping ears. They are well adapted to withstanding high temperatures, and are farmed throughout the tropical countries, both as pure zebu and as hybrids with taurine cattle, the other main type of domestic cattle. Zebu are used as draught and riding animals, dairy cattle, and beef cattle, as well as for byproducts such as hides and dung for fuel and manure. Some small breeds such as the miniature zebu are also kept as pets. In 1999, researchers at Texas A&M University successfully cloned a zebu.

In some regions, such as parts of India, zebu are among the cattle that have significant religious meaning.