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cattle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bos taurus, cows, kine, oxen |
| Type of | bovine |
| Has types | beef, beef cattle, africander, ox, red poll, steer, stirk, welsh, welsh black, bull, bullock, cow, dairy cattle, dairy cow, devon, grade, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker, moo-cow |
| Derivation | cattleship |
so many head of cattle.
Examples of cattle
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Packers may be losing up to $30 per head of cattle slaughtered, Vetterkind said.
From the bloomberg.com
It exports meat from 2,000 head of non-hormone-treated cattle there every month.
From the kansas.com
Cattle ranching began in Hawaii in 1793 with the arrival of the first livestock.
From the latimes.com
They found that in bison, the disease mimics the characteristics seen in cattle.
From the sciencedaily.com
In Kansas, the heyday of the long cattle drives was from the late 1860s to 1887.
From the kansas.com
Sheep were probably the first animals to be farmed, followed by cattle and pigs.
From the newscientist.com
A breach would threaten 7,000 acres of farmland and 10,000 head of dairy cattle.
From the sacbee.com
By the late 1800s, vast cattle ranches covered much of central and South County.
From the ocregister.com
Finally, they looked at the genetics of cattle populations from all over Africa.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"
- Cattle (colloquially cows) are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius. ...
- Cattles plc is a British consumer finance company based in Batley, West Yorkshire. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
- Domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, steers etc); Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses; People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny; chattel; Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle
- Neat, n; nieten; orf, n
- Very early in the history of mankind, animals were tamed and domesticated, to be used in agriculture, for milk, for their flesh, and especially for sacrifices. ...
- Arabic An`am. They are said in the Qur'an to be the gift of God. Surah xl. 79, "God it is who hath made for you cattle that ye may ride on some and eat others."
- Commonable animals in forest - chiefly horses and cattle. Usually a term applied in medieval times in official documents purposefully evading reference to sheep (which together with goats were uncommonable animals in Forest).
- Another term for a cow. A steer, on the other-hand, is a castrated (neutered) cow.
