Cattle

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  • noun plural. undefined
  • noun plural. Any of various domesticated ruminant mammals of the genus Bos, including cows, steers, bulls, and oxen, often raised for meat and dairy products.
  • noun plural. Any of various similar wild or domesticated bovine mammals, such as the anoa or the gaur.
  • noun plural. Humans, especially when viewed contemptuously or as a mob.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Property; goods; chattels; stock: in this sense now only in the form chattel (which see).
  • Live stock; domestic quadrupeds which serve for tillage or other labor, or as food for man.
  • Human beings: in contempt or ridicule.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun plural. Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine.
  • noun plural. See under Belted, Black.
  • noun plural. undefined
  • noun plural. a trench under a railroad track and alongside a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to prevent cattle from getting upon the track.
  • noun plural. any species of louse infecting cattle. There are several species. The Hæmatatopinus eurysternus and Hæmatatopinus vituli are common species which suck blood; Trichodectes scalaris eats the hair.
  • noun plural. the rinderpest; called also Russian cattle plague.
  • noun plural. an open space through which cattle may run or range.
  • noun plural. undefined
  • noun plural. an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and domestic products and of implements.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, steers etc).
  • noun. Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.
  • noun. People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
  • noun. chattel
  • noun. Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
  • Word Usage
    ""_And there was a strife between the_ HERDMEN _of Abraham's cattle and the_ HERDMEN _of Lot's cattle_"."
    Equivalent
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    bovine  
    Hyponym
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    Battle  Seattle  battle  brattle  chattel  
    Same Context
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    agent  animal  bull  cat  chicken  
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