Hi all,
Speaking of cows and vaccines...

>bovine (BO-vyn, -veen) adjective
>
>    1. Of, relating to, or resembling a ruminant mammal of the genus Bos,
>       such as an ox, cow, or buffalo.
>
>    2. Sluggish, dull, and stolid.
>
>noun
>
>    An animal of the genus Bos.
>
>[Late Latin bovinus, from Latin bos, cow.]
>
>(Here is another word that refers to cows: vaccine. It comes from
>vacca, Latin for cow, after inoculation prepared from cows. -Anu)
>
>    "This freedom from consequence permeated the social fabric. It affected
>    the way people drove, namely, in slow, dull, uncomprehending torpor; the
>    way they passed their days in bovine oblivion."
>    Howard Troxler, Job market full - of ineptitude, laziness,
>    St. Petersburg Times, Mar 15, 2000.
>
>This week's theme: animal-related words that are used metaphorically.