breed (noun)

  • 111dutch belted — noun Usage: usually capitalized D&B : a breed of medium sized dairy cattle originating in Holland, the cattle being black with a broad band of white around the body * * * one of a breed of black dairy cattle, raised originally in the Netherlands …

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  • 112flemish giant — noun Usage: usually capitalized F : a rabbit of a breed prob. of Belgian origin that is characterized by large size, vigor, and solid coat color in black, white, or various grays * * * one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin,… …

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  • 113jersey giant — noun Etymology: Jersey (III) 1. usually capitalized J&G : a breed of very large domestic fowls developed in New Jersey by interbreeding large Asiatic fowls with Langshans and being originally solid black but now having a white variety 2. usually… …

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  • 114large black — noun Usage: usually capitalized L&B 1. : a British breed of black lop eared bacon type swine 2. : an animal of the Large Black breed * * * Large Black, a large, black hog of a breed with drooping ears, developed in Great Britain …

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  • 115red sindhi — noun 1. usually capitalized R&S : an Indian breed of rather small red humped dairy cattle extensively used for crossbreeding with European stock in tropical areas 2. often capitalized R&S : an animal of the Red Sindhi breed * * * one of an Indian …

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  • 116scottish blackface — noun 1. usually capitalized S&B : a Scottish breed of hardy black faced long wooled mutton sheep used especially in crossbreeding for better meat production 2. usually capitalized S & often capitalized B : a sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed… …

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  • 117bird — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ wild ▪ caged ▪ exotic, rare ▪ common ▪ endangered ▪ …

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  • 118cattle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beef, dairy ▪ Highland, longhorn, shorthorn ▪ native ▪ wild ▪ …

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  • 119cow — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beef ▪ dairy, milch (BrE, often figurative), milk (esp. AmE) ▪ The region is treated as a milch cow by central government. ▪ sac …

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  • 120rabbit — noun VERB + RABBIT ▪ catch, chase, hunt, shoot (esp. BrE), trap (esp. BrE) ▪ skin RABBIT + VERB ▪ hop …

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