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shorthorn

shorthorn adjective: describing cattle that have distinctively short horns.

Adjective

shorthorn (not comparable)

  1. Describing cattle that have distinctively short horns.

Noun

shorthorn (plural shorthorns)

  1. One of a breed of cattle, originating in England, with distinctively short horns (in contrast to longhorn cattle).

shorthorn meaning in Tamil

shorthorn in Tamil

குறை மோழை

Forms of shorthorn

pluralshorthorns

Origin of shorthorn

From short + horn.

Words formed from shorthorn

Phrases with shorthorn

Questions about shorthorn

What does shorthorn mean?
Shorthorn means describing cattle that have distinctively short horns.
What is shorthorn in Tamil?
Shorthorn in Tamil is குறை மோழை. See Shorthorn meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shorthorn?
Shorthorn can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near shorthorn in the dictionary

  1. shorthead redhorses
  2. shorthold
  3. shortholder
  4. shortholders
  5. shortholds
  6. shorthorn
  7. shorthorn sculpin
  8. shorthorn sculpins
  9. shorthorns
  10. Shorthouse
  11. Shorthouses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shorthorn (page history and authors); shorthorn (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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