cattle (redirected from young cattle)

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

Noun, pl

domesticated cows and bulls Related adjective bovine [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 >> adjective bovine >> collective nouns drove, herd

Translations

cattle [ˈkætl] npl → ganado sg

cattle [ˈkætl] npl → bétail m, bestiaux mpl

cattle [ˈkætl] npl → Vieh nt

cattle [ˈkætl] npl → bestiame m; bestie fpl

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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 축우 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