cattle (redirected from Moo unit)

cat·tle  (ktl)

pl.n.

1. Any of various chiefly domesticated mammals of the genus Bos, including cows, steers, bulls, and oxen, often raised for meat and dairy products.

2. Humans, especially when viewed contemptuously or as a mob.

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[Middle English catel, property, livestock, from Old North French, from Old Provençal capdal, from Medieval Latin capitle, holdings, funds, from neuter of Latin capitlis, principal, original, from caput, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

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cattle [ˈkæt^əl]

n (functioning as plural)

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) bovid mammals of the tribe Bovini (bovines), esp those of the genus Bos

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called domestic cattle any domesticated bovine mammals, esp those of the species Bos taurus (domestic ox) Related adjective bovine

[from Old Northern French catel, Old French chatel chattel]

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Cattle 

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cattle - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" Bos taurus, cows, kine, oxen calf - young of domestic cattle Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini bovine - any of various members of the genus Bos 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: "`moo-cow' is a child's term" beef, beef cattle - cattle that are reared for their meat Welsh Black, Welsh - 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 boeuf, beef - meat from an adult domestic bovine herd - a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans

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cattle

plural noun cows, stock, beasts, livestock, bovines a ban on all imports of live cattle and beef from the European Community

Related words
adjective bovine
collective nouns drove, herd

Quotations
"The cow is of the bovine ilk;"
"One end is moo, the other, milk" [Ogden Nash The Cow]

Cattle

Breeds of cattle 
Aberdeen Angus, Africander, Alderney, Ayrshire, Blonde d'Aquitaine, Brown Swiss, Belted Galloway, cattalo or catalo, Charolais or Charollais, Devon, dexter, Durham, Friesian, Galloway, Gelbvieh, Guernsey, Hereford, Highland, Holstein, Illawarra, Jersey, Kerry, kyloe, Limousin, longhorn, Meuse-Rhine-Ijssel, Normandy, Norwegian Red, Red Poll or Red Polled, Santa Gertrudis, shorthorn, Simmental, Sussex, Texas longhorn

Cattle and other artiodactyls 
addax, alpaca or alpacca, antelope, aoudad, argali or argal, ariel, axis (plural axises) or chital, babirusa, Bactrian camel, bharal, bison, blacktail, blaubok, blesbok, boar, boer goat, bongo, bontebok, brocket, bubal or bubalis, buffalo, bull

see breeds of cattle, breeds of cattle, breeds of cattle, breeds of pig, breeds of sheep
bushbuck or boschbok, bushpig, camel or (Anglo-Indian) oont, Cape buffalo, caribou, chamois or izard, chevrotain or mouse deer, Chinese water deer, cow, deer, dik-dik, dromedary, duiker or duyker, eland, elk, gaur, gayal, gazelle, gemsbok, gerenuk, giraffe or (obsolete) camelopard, gnu, goa, goat, goral, grysbok, guanaco, harnessed antelope, hartebeest or hartbeest, hippopotamus, ibex, impala, Jacob or Jacob sheep, karakul or caracul, Kashmir goat, klipspringer, kob, kongoni, kouprey, kudu or koodoo, llama, markhor or markhoor, marshbuck, moose, mouflon or moufflon, mountain goat, mule deer, muntjac, muntjak, or barking deer, musk deer, nilgai, nilghau, or nylghau, nyala, okapi, oribi, oryx, ox, peccary, Père David's deer, pig, pronghorn, pudu, razorback, red deer, reedbuck or nagor, reindeer, rhebok or reebok, Rocky Mountain goat, roe deer, sable antelope, saiga, sambar or sambur, sassaby, serow, sheep or (Austral. slang) jumbuck, sika, springbok, stag, steenbok, tahr or thar, takin, vicuña or vicuna, wapiti, wart hog, waterbuck, water buffalo, water ox, or carabao, white-tailed deer, wild boar, wildebeest, yak, zebu, zo or zho, or dzo

Translations

cattle [ˈkætl]

A. NPL → ganado msing

B. CPD cattle breeder N → criador(a) m/f de ganado
cattle breeding N → crianza f de ganado
cattle crossing N → paso m de ganado
cattle drive N (US) → recogida f de ganado
cattle egret N → garcilla f bueyera
cattle grid N (Brit) → rejilla f de retención(de ganado)
cattle market N → mercado m ganadero or de ganado; (also fig) → feria f de ganado
cattle prod N → picana f
cattle raising N → ganadería f
cattle ranch N → finca f ganadera, estancia f (LAm)
cattle rustler N (US) → ladrón m de ganado, cuatrero m
cattle shed N → establo m
cattle show N → feria f de ganado
cattle truck N (Aut) → camión m de ganado (Brit) (Rail) → vagón m para ganado

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cattle [ˈkæt^əl] npl → bétail m, bestiaux mpl
cattle breeder n → éleveur m de bétail
cattle farm n → élevage m de bétail
cattle grid n (British) grille à même la route permettant aux voitures mais non au bétail de passer
cattle guard n (US) grille à même la route permettant aux voitures mais non au bétail de passer

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cattle

pl → Rind(vieh) nt; 500 head of cattle → 500 Rinder, 500 Stück Vieh; “cattle crossing” → „Vorsicht Viehtrieb!“; they were treated like cattle → sie wurden wie Vieh behandelt

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cattle:

cattle breeding

n → Rinderzucht f

cattle car

n (US Rail) → Viehwaggon m

cattle-grid

n → Weidenrost m, → Viehtor nt

cattleman

n → Rinderzüchter m

cattle market

n (lit) → Viehmarkt m; (fig inf) (= beauty contest etc) → Fleischbeschau f (inf); (for pick-ups) → Abschleppladen m (inf)

cattle prod

n → Knüppel m → zum Viehtreiben

cattle range

n → Weideland nt, → Viehtrift f

cattle rustler

n → Viehdieb m

cattle shed

n → Viehstall m

cattle show

n → Rinder(zucht)schau f

cattle truck

n (Aut) → Viehanhänger m; (Rail) → Viehwagen m

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cattle [ˈkætl] npl → bestiame m

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cattle

n pl cattle [ˈkӕtl]

grass-eating animals, especially cows, bulls and oxen That farmer does not keep sheep but he keeps several breeds of cattle. beeste مَواشٍ، بَقَرٌ говеда dobytek kvæg; kreatur das Vieh ζωντανά, βοοειδή (πληθ.) ganado (vacuno) kari(loomad) حیوانات اهلی روستایی karja bovins בָּקַר पशु, मवेशी stoka marha lembu nautgripir bestiame 牛 가축 galvijai liellopi haiwan yang makan rumput rundvee kveg, krøtter bydło gado vite (крупный рогатый) скот dobytok govedo stoka nötkreatur, boskap วัวควาย sığır 牛, 家畜 велика рогата худоба مویشی ، گھریلو جانور gia súc 牛, 家养牲畜

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cattle → ماشية dobytek kvæg Vieh βοοειδή ganado karja bétail stoka bestiame 畜牛 가축 vee kveg bydło gado крупный рогатый скот boskap วัวควาย davar gia súc 牛群