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CATTLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

Example:

a team of oxen

Synonyms:

Bos taurus; cattle; cows; kine; oxen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bovine (any of various members of the genus Bos)

Meronyms (parts of "cattle"):

beef; boeuf (meat from an adult domestic bovine)

Meronyms (members of "cattle"):

calf (young of domestic cattle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cattle"):

ox (an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus)

stirk (yearling heifer or bullock)

bullock; steer (castrated bull)

bull (uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle)

cow; moo-cow (female of domestic cattle:)

beef; beef cattle (cattle that are reared for their meat)

Welsh; Welsh Black (a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales)

red poll (hornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattle)

Africander (tall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa; used for meat or draft)

dairy cattle; dairy cow; milch cow; milcher; milk cow; milker (cattle that are reared for their milk)

Devon (red dual-purpose cattle of English origin)

grade (a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed)

Holonyms ("cattle" is a member of...):

Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)

herd (a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans)

Derivation:

cattleship (a cargo ship for the transport of livestock)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A substance isolated from the pituitary glands of cattle which contains a variety of proteins, hormones, and growth factors.

(Bovine Pituitary Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

CHS occurs in mink, cattle, and mice, as well as man.

(Chediak-Higashi Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

I’ll spring my cattle from the Castle Square at quarter before nine.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There were the broad outer and inner bailies, not paved, but sown with grass to nourish the sheep and cattle which might be driven in on sign of danger.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This agent is primarily used in the treatment of mastitis in cattle.

(Pirlimycin, NCI Thesaurus)

Escherichia coli and strain O111 can be isolated from livestock such as cattle.

(Escherichia coli strain O111, NCI Thesaurus)

It is the causative agent of tuberculosis in cattle.

(Mycobacterium bovis, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil rendered from the shin bones and feet of cattle.

(Neatsfoot Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

P. indolicus is found in cattle, swine, and rats and is pathogenic to humans and possibly animals.

(Peptoniphilus indolicus, NCI Thesaurus)

Because horses are prohibited from grazing in designated grazing areas, to prevent them from competing for food with cattle, some farmers have been letting horses graze unattended in forests.

(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)