būculus (also bōculus), i, m. dim. bos, a young bullock, a steer, Col. 6, 2, 4; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 26.

—More freq. and class., Subst.: būcula, ae, f., a young cow, a heifer, Verg. G. 1, 375; 4, 11; id. E. 8, 86.

— As a work of art, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48. The statue of a brazen cow at Athens, the work of Myron, was especially distinguished, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; id. Div. 1, 24, 48; cf. Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 57.