in cattle

  • 91Cattle Tyrant — Taxobox name = Cattle Tyrant status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Tyrannidae genus = Machetornis genus authority = species = M. rixosa binomial = Machetornis… …

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  • 92cattle drive — noun a) The process of transporting a herd of bovine animals (such as bulls, cows, or steers) by compelling them to walk across a significant distance of countryside, under the escort of drovers on horseback and often over a period of days. With… …

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  • 93cattle — cat|tle [ kætl ] noun plural ** cows and BULLS kept by farmers for their milk or meat. A group of cattle is called a herd: dairy cattle (=cows kept for their milk) a cattle ranch …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 94cattle —    1. a category of despised persons    More dysphemism than euphemism. Evelyn used the word of prostitutes:     Nelly... concubines and cattell of that sort.    A similar derogatory use was of slaves in the Southern States:     Could be payin [a …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 95cattle — noun (plural) cows and bulls kept on a farm for their meat or milk: herds of cattle | 20/100 etc head of cattle (=20, 100 etc cattle) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 96cattle */*/ — UK [ˈkæt(ə)l] / US noun [plural] cows and bulls kept by farmers for their milk or meat. A group of cattle is called a herd dairy cattle (= cows kept for their milk) a cattle ranch …

    English dictionary

  • 97cattle prod — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cattle prod : singular cattle prod plural cattle prods a stick that can give an electric shock, used for making an animal move in a particular direction …

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  • 98cattle — Domestic bovine animals; cows, bulls, steers or oxen, including heifers and in the generic sense of the term even calves; farm animals collectively, that is livestock, although even in this broad sense not including poultry. First Nat. Bank v… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 99cattle range — A large area where cattle may roam and pasture; a large stretch of country, consisting generally of many square miles, which is usually uninclosed, and has no definite or fixed boundaries, on which cattle are permitted to run at large during the… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 100cattle pen — noun a pen for cattle • Syn: ↑cow pen, ↑corral • Derivationally related forms: ↑corral (for: ↑corral) • Hypernyms: ↑pen * * * …

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