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cattle beast

cattle beast noun: an individual domesticated bovine animal; a singular form of the generalised plural cattle.

Noun

cattle beast (plural cattle beasts or cattle)

  1. An individual domesticated bovine animal; a singular form of the generalised plural cattle.
    • To aim at breeding, raising, and fattening one cattle beast from every ten cultivated acres of the Province.1883, Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm, Guelph, Annual Report, Volume 8, 199
    • Similarly, people describe their ideal cattle beast with terms such as depth of body, depth of twist, blocky, […] .1970, New Zealand Department of Agriculture, New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 121, page xxvii

Synonyms of cattle beast

Forms of cattle beast

pluralcattle beasts
pluralcattle
alternative formcattlebeast

Questions about cattle beast

What does cattle beast mean?
Cattle beast means an individual domesticated bovine animal; a singular form of the generalised plural cattle.
What part of speech is cattle beast?
Cattle beast is a noun.
What is the plural of cattle beast?
The plural of cattle beast is cattle beasts.

Words near cattle beast in the dictionary

  1. cattishly
  2. cattishness
  3. Cattistock
  4. cattitude
  5. cattle
  6. cattle beast
  7. cattle beasts
  8. cattle cake
  9. cattle cakes
  10. cattle call
  11. cattle calls

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