cattle
Domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc), and other hoofed mammals of the genus Bos.
Example
“Many cattle were suffering from a disease called BSE.”
Other meanings
Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses.
Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.
Synonyms
- cows
- oxen
A kind of
- bovine
Kinds of cattle
- steer
- bull
- cow
- beef
- red poll
- dairy cattle
- grade
Related words
- anticattle
- catalo
- cattabu
- cattelo
- cattledom
- cattleguard
- cattleheart
- cattleless
- cattlelog
- cattleperson
- cattlepost
- cattleproof
Word history
From Latin "capitālis" (of the head).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cattle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.