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bullock

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bul·lock  (blk)
n.
1. A castrated bull; a steer.
2. A young bull.
[Middle English bullok, from Old English bulluc; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
bullock [ˈbʊlək]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a gelded bull; steer
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) Archaic a bull calf
vb
(intr) Austral and NZ informal to work hard and long
[Old English bulluc;see bull1, -ock]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bullockbullock - young bull                          
young mammal - any immature mammal
bull - uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
2.bullock - castrated bull
steer
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; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"
Translations
bullock [ˈbʊlək] N → buey m
bullock [ˈbʊlək] n → bœuf m
bullock
n → Ochse m
bullock [ˈbʊlək] n → manzo
bullock [ˈbʊlək] n → manzo
bullock bull


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When young Bullock (of the firm of Hulker, Bullock & Co.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
For this purpose, three or four horsemen sally forth to some wood, frequented by bears, and, depositing the carcass of a bullock, hide themselves in the vicinity.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
Still, when Brahmins but irritated with begging demands the mother of his master's wife, and when she sent them away so angry that they cursed the whole retinue (which was the real reason of the second off-side bullock going lame, and of the pole breaking the night before), he was prepared to accept any priest of any other denomination in or out of India.
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