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smallstock

smallstock noun: domesticated and farmed animals other than cows (commonly sheep, goats and pigs).

Noun

smallstock pl (plural only)

  1. (Botswana, plural, plural-only) Domesticated and farmed animals other than cows (commonly sheep, goats and pigs).
    • Pastoral systems in East Africa are dual operations which produce milk for subsistence and beef cattle and smallstock for sale.1991, Solomon Bekure, “Livestock transactions, food consumption and household budgets”, in Maasai Herding: An Analysis of the Livestock Production System of Maasai Pastoralists in Eastern Kajiado...

Questions about smallstock

What does smallstock mean?
Smallstock means domesticated and farmed animals other than cows (commonly sheep, goats and pigs).
What part of speech is smallstock?
Smallstock is a noun.

Words near smallstock in the dictionary

  1. smalls
  2. smallsat
  3. smallsats
  4. smallscale
  5. smallsome
  6. smallstock
  7. smallsword
  8. smallswords
  9. smalltalk
  10. Smalltalker
  11. Smalltalkers

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