flerd
/flɜːd/US/flɝd/
flerd noun: a mixed group of ruminants, such as sheep and cattle.
Noun
flerd (plural flerds)
- A mixed group of ruminants, such as sheep and cattle.
- Dean M. Anderson, research animal scientist with USDA's Agricultural Research Service in Las Cruces, New Mexico, is bonding sheep to cattle into a cohesive unit termed a "flerd."1996, Small Farm Today, Clark, Mo.: Missouri Farm Pub., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 35
- Flerds can help reduced coyote predation of small ruminants because cows will instinctively intimidate approaching canines. […] Even though dietary differences among flocks, herds and flerds remain similar on arid landscapes with abundant standing crop, animal distribution does differ.2010, D[ean] M. Anderson, R. E. Estell, “Behavior – the Keystone in Optimizing Free-ranging Ungulate Production”, in Victor R. Squires, editor, Range and Animal Sciences and Resources Management...
Forms of flerd
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Origin of flerd
Blend of flock + herd.
Words that rhyme with flerd
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Questions about flerd
- What does flerd mean?
- Flerd means a mixed group of ruminants, such as sheep and cattle.
- What part of speech is flerd?
- Flerd is a noun.
- How do you pronounce flerd?
- Flerd is pronounced /flɜːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of flerd?
- The plural of flerd is flerds.
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