cattle
IPA: kˈætʌɫ
noun
- Domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc).
- Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.
- (derogatory, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
- (obsolete, English law, sometimes countable, plural cattles) chattel
- (uncountable, rare) Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.
- A surname.
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Examples of "cattle" in Sentences
- Not only horse but cattle also eats rick.
- He sells rick to anyone who owns horses or cattles.
- The main industries of the area are sheep and beef cattle.
- Sheep and beef cattle breeding is the main industry of the area.
- The defenders in the cattle pen retreated into the horse corral.
- One species, the Cattle Egret, was historically an African bird.
- Cattle rustling or cattle raiding is the act of stealing livestock.
- The horse and the bull represent the cattle wealth of the population.
- The beef cattle and sheep is the second largest export of the community.
- At the northern corner of the east wall stood a cattle pen and horse corral.