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BULLOCK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Castrated bull

Synonyms:

bullock; steer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bullock" is a kind of...):

male (an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova))

Bos taurus; cattle; cows; kine; oxen (domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Young bull

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bullock" is a kind of...):

young mammal (any immature mammal)

bull (uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle)

Derivation:

bullocky (resembling a bullock in strength and power)

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