Zē'bū, n.

n. [Fr. zébu, the native Indian name.] (Zoöl.) A ruminant mammal of the bovine tribe (the Bos Indicus), small in size, and remarkable for its long, pendulous ears, and a fatty excrescence or hump on the shoulders, which is valued for food. It is found extensively in India, and also in Northern Africa. It is often called the Indian bull, ox, or cow. It is held to be sacred by the Hindoos.