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Definition: Cattle |
CattleNoun1. Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age: "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cattle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Cattle abounded in the Holy Land. To the rearing and management of them the inhabitants chiefly devoted themselves (Deut. 8:13; 12:21; 1 Sam. 11:5; 12:3; Ps. 144:14; Jer. 3:24). They may be classified as, (1.) Neat cattle. Many hundreds of these were yearly consumed in sacrifices or used for food. The finest herds were found in Bashan, beyond Jordan (Num. 32:4). Large herds also pastured on the wide fertile plains of Sharon. They were yoked to the plough (1 Kings 19:19), and were employed for carrying burdens (1 Chr. 12:40). They were driven with a pointed rod (Judg. 3:31) or goad (q.v.). According to the Mosaic law, the mouths of cattle employed for the threshing-floor were not to be muzzled, so as to prevent them from eating of the provender over which they trampled (Deut. 25:4). Whosoever stole and sold or slaughtered an ox must give five in satisfaction (Ex. 22:1); but if it was found alive in the possession of him who stole it, he was required to make double restitution only (22:4). If an ox went astray, whoever found it was required to bring it back to its owner (23:4; Deut. 22:1, 4). An ox and an ass could not be yoked together in the plough (Deut. 22:10). (2.) Small cattle. Next to herds of neat cattle, sheep formed the most important of the possessions of the inhabitants of Palestine (Gen. 12:16; 13:5; 26:14; 21:27; 29:2, 3). They are frequently mentioned among the booty taken in war (Num. 31:32; Josh. 6:21; 1 Sam. 14:32; 15:3). There were many who were owners of large flocks (1 Sam. 25:2; 2 Sam. 12:2, comp. Job 1:3). Kings also had shepherds "over their flocks" (1 Chr. 27:31), from which they derived a large portion of their revenue (2 Sam. 17:29; 1 Chr. 12:40). The districts most famous for their flocks of sheep were the plain of Sharon (Isa. 65: 10), Mount Carmel (Micah 7:14), Bashan and Gilead (Micah 7:14). In patriarchal times the flocks of sheep were sometimes tended by the daughters of the owners. Thus Rachel, the daughter of Laban, kept her father's sheep (Gen. 29:9); as also Zipporah and her six sisters had charge of their father Jethro's flocks (Ex. 2:16). Sometimes they were kept by hired shepherds (John 10:12), and sometimes by the sons of the family (1 Sam. 16:11; 17:15). The keepers so familiarized their sheep with their voices that they knew them, and followed them at their call. Sheep, but more especially rams and lambs, were frequently offered in sacrifice. The shearing of sheep was a great festive occasion (1 Sam. 25:4; 2 Sam. 13:23). They were folded at night, and guarded by their keepers against the attacks of the lion (Micah 5:8), the bear (1 Sam. 17:34), and the wolf (Matt. 10:16; John 10:12). They were liable to wander over the wide pastures and go astray (Ps. 119:176; Isa. 53:6; Hos. 4:16; Matt. 18:12). Goats also formed a part of the pastoral wealth of Palestine (Gen. 15:9; 32:14; 37:31). They were used both for sacrifice and for food (Deut. 14:4), especially the young males (Gen. 27:9, 14, 17; Judg. 6:19; 13:15; 1 Sam. 16:20). Goat's hair was used for making tent cloth (Ex. 26:7; 36:14), and for mattresses and bedding (1 Sam. 19:13, 16). (See GOAT.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing good-looking and fat cattle contentedly grazing in green pastures, denotes prosperity and happiness through a congenial and pleasant companion. To see cattle lean and shaggy, and poorly fed, you will be likely to toil all your life because of misspent energy and dislike of details of work. Correct your habits after this dream. To see cattle stampeding, means that you will have to exert all the powers of command you have to keep your career in a profitable channel. To see a herd of cows at milking time, you will be the successful owner of wealth that many have worked to obtain. To a young woman this means that her affections will not suffer from the one of her choice. To dream of milking cows with udders well filled, great good fortune is in store for you. If the calf has stolen the milk, it signifies that you are about to lose your lover by slowness to show your reciprocity, or your property from neglect of business. To see young calves in your dream, you will become a great favorite in society and win the heart of a loyal person. For business, this dream indicates profit from sales. For a lover, the entering into bonds that will be respected. If the calves are poor, look for about the same, except that the object sought will be much harder to obtain. Long-horned and dark, vicious cattle, denote enemies. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | Large family of ruminants containing the true antelopes, oxen, sheep and goats. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | CATTLE. Sad cattle: whores or gypsies. Black cattle, bugs. CANT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Cattle
Larger image,Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Bovinae Genus: Bos species: taurus Binomial name Bos taurus Cattle are domesticated ungulates of the species Bos taurus, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised for meat (called beef), dairy products (milk), and leather, and used for draft (pulling plows and the like). Older English sources such as the King James Version of the Bible also refer to livestock in general as cattle. This article refers to the common modern meaning of cattle.
Terminology
Young cattle are called calves. Young males are called bullocks or bull calves; young females are called heifers. Ordinarily male cattle are castrated unless needed for breeding. The castrated male is then called a steer, unless kept for draft (pulling) in which case it is called an ox. Intact males are called bulls. Adult females over two years of age (approximately) are called cows.There is no singular equivalent to "cattle" other than the various gender and age-specific terms (though "Catron" has been proposed it is not widely accepted or even understood). "Cow" is probably the closest to being gender-neutral, although it is usually understood to mean female (females of other animals, such as whales or elephants, are also called cows.) Some Canadian farmers use the term "cattlebeast." "Neat" and "beef" are obsolescent terms.
The terms bull and cow are also used for the male and female of some other species, including other bovids such as buffalo, but also less closely related species such as moose, elephants, whale, and sea lions. The terms are used primarily to refer to animals or that have polygynous or harem mating systemsm, though "bull" in particular may be used because humans find the male of a species daunting.
Biology
Cattle are ruminants, meaning that they have a unique digestive system that allows them to synthesize amino acids. This allows them to thrive on grasseses and other vegetation.The last European wild cattle, called aurochs, were killed by poachers in Masovia, Poland, in 1627, though one breeder claims to have recreated the original gene pool by careful crossing of commercial breeds.
Uses of cattle
Cattle occupy a unique role in human history. Some consider them the oldest form of wealth. Their ability to provide meat, dairy, and draft while reproducing themselves and eating nothing but grass has furthered human interests dramatically through the millennia.
Larger cow Click photo for more images. In Hinduism, the cow is said to be holy (and thus should not be eaten); "The cow is our Mother, for she gives us her milk."
In Latin America and the western United States, cattle are often grazed on large tracts of rangeland called ranchos or ranches.
In Portugal, Spain and some Latin American countries, bulls are used for the sport of bullfighting; in many other countries, this is illegal.
The recent outbreaks of mad cow disease have reduced or prevented some traditional uses of cattle for food, for example the eating of brains or oxtail.
Ox
Oxen (plural of ox) are cattle trained as draft animals. Most often they are adult, castrated males. Usually an ox is over four years old due to the need for training and for time to grow to full size. The term steer is used to describe animals of the same species and gender when raised solely for meat. Oxen are used for plowing, transport, hauling, grain-grinding, and wagon drawing. Oxen are sometimes used to skid logs in low-impact select cut logging.Oxen are most often used in teams of two. A wooden yoke is fastened about their necks so that the force of draft is distributed across their shoulders. Oxen are chosen from calves with horns, since the horns hold the yoke in place when the oxen back up or slow down a wheeled load going down hills.
Oxen must be painstakingly trained from a young age. Their teamster must fashion or purchase as many as a dozen yokes of different sizes as the animals grow.
Oxen can pull harder than horses. Though not as fast, they are less prone to injury. There are still a substantial number of them in use worldwide, especially in less developed nations.
Miscellaneous
- The ox is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. See: Ox (Zodiac).
- The constellation Taurus represents a bull.
- In Hinduism, the cow is said to be holy (and thus should not be eaten); "The cow is our Mother, for she gives us her milk."
- A cow is alleged to have started the Great Chicago Fire by kicking over a kerosene lamp.
- On February 18, 1930 Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to fly in an airplane and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane.
Breeds of cattle:
- Angus
- Afrikaner
- Ankole
- Ayrshire
- Beefalo (a cross between domestic cattle and the American Bison)
- Beefmaster
- Belgian Blue
- Belted Galloway
- Black Angus
- Blonde d'Aqui
- Braford
- Brahman
- Brangus
- Braunvieh
- British White
- Brown Swiss
- BueLingo
- Canchim
- Charolais
- Chiangus
- Chianina
- Commercial
- Corriente
- Devon
- Dexter
- Friesian
- Galloway
- Gelbvieh
- Guernsey
- Heck Cattle
- Hereford
- Highland Cattle
- Holstein
- Hybridmaster
- Jersey
- Limousin
- Maine Anjou
- Marchigiana
- Miniature
- Murray Grey
- Normande
- Piedmontese
- Pinzgauer
- Polled Hereford
- Red Angus
- Red Brangus
- Red Poll
- Romagnola
- Salers
- Santa Gertrudis
- Senepol
- Shorthorn
- Simbrah
- Simmental
- South Devon
- Tarentaise
- Texas Longhorn
- Tuli
- Wagyu
- Watusi
- Zebu
See also
- List of domesticated animals
- Artiodactyla
- food, milk, cheese
- bullfighting
- cow tipping
- age of cattle
Other meanings of cow, bull etc
- Papal bull
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cattle."
Synonyms: CattleSynonyms: cows (n), kine (n), oxen (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animal | Horse. (beast of burden); cattle, kine, ox; bull, bullock; cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn; sheep; lamb, lambkin; ewe, ram, tup; pig, swine, boar, hog, sow; steer, stot; tag, teg; bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat. |
Arms | Pike, lance, spear, spontoon, javelin, dart, jereed, jerid, arrow, reed, shaft, bolt, boomerang, harpoon, gaff; eelspear, oxgoad, weet-weet, wommerah; cattle prod; chemical mace. |
Carrier | Beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, punch, roadster, goer; racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse; ketch; Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie; garran, garron; jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding; bronco, broncho, cayuse; creature, critter; cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler; stud. |
Disease | Anthrax, bighead; blackleg, blackquarter; cattle plague, glanders, mange, scrapie, milk sickness; heartworm, feline leukemia, roundworms; quarter-evil, quarter-ill; rinderpest. |
Stealing | Plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer, maraud, lift cattle, poach; smuggle, run; badger; bail up, hold up, stick up; bunco, bunko, filibuster. |
Thief | Spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; harpy, shark, land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, Bedouin, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit; pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones, buccaneer, buccanier; piqueerer, pickeerer; rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster; rapparee, wrecker, picaroon; smuggler, poacher; abductor, badger, bunko man, cattle thief, chor, contrabandist, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up, jackleg, kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin, sneak thief, spieler, strong-arm man. |
Vehicle | Train; accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train; st class train, nd class train, rd class train, st class carriage, nd class carriage, rd class carriage, st class compartment, nd class compartment, rd class compartment; rolling stock; horse box, cattle truck; baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car; surface car, tram car, trolley car; box car, box wagon; horse car; bullet train, shinkansen, cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express; luggage van; mail, mail car, mail van. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cattle |
| English words defined with "cattle": beef cattle, Black cattle, Blanket cattle ♦ cattle breeding, cattle cake, cattle car, cattle farm, cattle grid, Cattle guard, cattle louse, cattle pen, cattle plague, cattle ranch, Cattle range, Cattle run, cattle thief, cattle trail ♦ dairy cattle ♦ Great cattle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cattle": Cattle cycle, Cattle Diseases, Chillingham Cattle ♦ Fed cattle ♦ haemorrhagic septicaemia of cattle ♦ Molteno cattle disease, mucosal disease of cattle ♦ pasteurellosis of cattle, Pneumonia, Atypical Interstitial, of Cattle. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cattle": Stabulation. (references) |
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Screenplays | Stampeding cattle. (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks) The moon is bright over Lebanon tonight, the Lebanese moon looks down, shim sham shacam, cattle explode, cow shrapnel drips off tree into mother's tear for little boy who goes on into battle and comes back dead, or worse, a man . (The Kids in the Hall; writing credit: Dave Foley; Bruce McCulloch) It means the cattle are dying (Welcome Back, Kotter; writing credit: Gyula Hernádi; Miklós Vásárhelyi) Cattle on the ship three weeks, she don't go near 'em. Suddenly we're on Jianying, and she's got a driving need to commune with the beasts (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan) If I find any cattle on our land, I'm gonna start carvin' them into steaks (Silverado; writing credit: Lawrence Kasdan; Mark Kasdan) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cattle Auction on the Pampas (1972) Canada: Beef Cattle (1963) Cattle Ranch (1961) The Cattle Thief (1936) Cotton and Cattle (1921) | |
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 | The A. quadrimaculatus is a vector involved in the spread of malaria in humans, but also enjoys cattle, horses, pigs and deer as hosts. Credit: CDC. |  | Vaccinia virus is normally confined to cattle, but is conveyed to humans through vaccination, thereby, imparting immunity to the smallpox Variola virus. Credit: CDC. |
 | Cactus growing south of the Kohala Mountains just a few miles from tropical rainforest. Cattle on the Parker Ranch grazing in the distance. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Cleanup of a sandy spit adjacent to Southwest Pass levee following oil spill. This area is used extensively as cattle pasture despite its inaccessibility from land. Cattle are brought in by barge. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Little Eightmile ranch, another view of the eroding habitats. More evidence of cattle damage. Over 6.5 miles of fencing was placed to protect the Lemhi River and was completed in 1998, as part of the restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Saltmarsh cordgrass or marsh hay - Spartina patens. This is found in high marsh areas. Historically, it was harvested for use as cattle feed by the early farms on Prudence Island. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Switchgrass pasture in Union County, Iowa. Native grasses including switchgrass offer pasture for cattle in mid-summer when cool season pastures such as bluegrass are less productive. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Fencing cattle away from a stream is an important measure for water quality that these northeast Iowa farmers are adopting. Credit: Tim McCabe. |
 | Scenic view of farmland with dairy cattle grazing. Credit: USDA. |  | Rancher and son on horseback herd cattle. Credit: USDA. |
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| "Cattle 01" by Nicholas Sales Commentary: "Cow." | "Cattle" by Luis Alves Commentary: "Cattle. --------------------------- Notice: You can use this image, but please send me an e-mail if you use it, I really like to know when and where it's used, thanks :-)." |
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 | Cowboys on horseback wrangling cattle and yelling "Yahoo!". |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | The same measures governed the possession of land too: whatsoever he tilled and reaped, laid up and made use of, before it spoiled, that was his peculiar right; whatsoever he enclosed, and could feed, and make use of, the cattle and product was also his. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The cattle which had seemed so beautiful in the country on sunny days revolted him and he could not even look at the milk they yielded |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Runs a few cattle. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | In this park are several small enclosures for cattle, corn, and gardening |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Yet the Middlesex Cattle Show goes off here with eclat annually, as if all the joints of the agricultural machine were suent |
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Health | Ixodes ticks are much smaller than common dog and cattle ticks. (references) | |
Cattle, sheep, and goats are the primary reservoirs of C. burnetii. (references) | ||
Leptospira organisms have been found in cattle, pigs, horses, dogs, rodents, and wild animals. (references) | ||
Business | The Secretariat of Agriculture, Cattle and Rural Development is the regulatory agency. (references) | |
Since 1989, the EU has prohibited importation of beef from cattle treated with growth hormones. (references) | ||
Sometimes they make a direct approach to the Secretariat of Agriculture, Cattle and Rural Development. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Uganda | Although the armed Karamojong raiders did not attack the Acholi during the year, increased incursions by the Karamojong raiders to raid cattle and food had led to the displacement of approximately 81,000 persons, particularly in Katakwi district. (references) |
Economic History | Belarus | Dairy and beef cattle, pigs, and chickens are raised. (references) |
Chad | Nigeria already absorbs most of Chad's cattle exports. (references) | |
Human Rights | Madagascar | For example, during the year, there were reports that some gendarmes illegally seized cattle. (references) |
Madagascar | The judiciary also includes courts designed to handle specific kinds of cases such as cattle theft. (references) | |
Uganda | Security forces killed several Karamojong raiders and others involved in cattle raids during clashes following the raids. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Honduras | In the absence of clear land titles and unequal access to legal recourse, indigenous groups also are vulnerable to frequent usurpation of their property rights by nonindigenous farmers and cattle ranchers. (references) |
Minorities | Kenya | On August 21, 300 armed Pokot cattle raiders attacked a village in Turkana District; six people reportedly were killed. (references) |
Tanzania | The farmers were attacked by Maasai herdsmen with clubs after the farmers attacked cattle to stop the animals from eating planted sorghum. (references) | |
Political Economy | TURKEY | Imports of feeder cattle and meat remain prohibited. (references) |
Namibia | The principal exports are diamonds and other minerals, cattle, and fish. (references) | |
Chad | The country has little industry, but exports cotton, cattle, and gum arabic. (references) | |
Trade | Turkey | Seven-year GSM-103 guarantees are available for imports of breeder cattle and poultry. (references) |
Nicaragua | Nicaragua recently placed export controls on live cattle, though the cattlemen are fighting to rescind the decree. (references) | |
Honduras | Export taxes on seafood, sugar and live cattle were eliminated in 1998. All coffee exports must be registered with the Honduran Coffee Institute. (references) | |
Travel | Botswana | Batswana like to talk about their special attachment to their "cattle post" (although it is considered rude to ask how many head of cattle one owns). (references) |
Kenya | The sparsely populated northern half of Kenya is an area where there are recurrent, localized incidents of violent cattle rustling, counter-raids, ethnic conflict, tribal or clan rivalry, and armed banditry. (references) | |
Women | Uganda | An international human rights NGO offered cattle, goats, and money for scholarships to Sabiny parents who did not allow their daughters to be circumcised during the 2000 ceremony. (references) |
Worker Rights | India | In December 1999, the domestic media reported that child laborers were being sold in an organized ring at the annual Sonepur cattle fair in Bihar. (references) |
Ethiopia | In 2000 there was a report that a girl was sold by her father to a local man in exchange for cattle; the girl's mother brought the case to the EWLA. (references) | |
Zambia | Angolan Government forces and UNITA deserters abducted citizens and forced them to accompany them back to Angola, where the abductees were forced to herd cattle, carry logistical supplies, and engage in prostitution. (references) | |
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| "Cattle" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.88% of the time. "Cattle" is used about 2,566 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.88% | 2,563 | 3,553 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.08% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.04% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,566 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cattle": beef cattle ♦ Belted cattle ♦ black cattle ♦ Blanket cattle ♦ blanketed cattle ♦ breed cattle ♦ breeding cattle ♦ cattle boat ♦ cattle breeder ♦ cattle breeding ♦ cattle cake ♦ cattle car ♦ cattle dealer ♦ Cattle Diseases ♦ cattle dog ♦ cattle drive ♦ cattle egret ♦ cattle farm ♦ cattle grid ♦ Cattle guard ♦ cattle lifter ♦ cattle louse ♦ cattle market ♦ cattle pen ♦ cattle plague ♦ cattle prod ♦ cattle raising ♦ cattle ranch ♦ cattle range ♦ Cattle run ♦ cattle rustler ♦ cattle shed ♦ cattle show ♦ cattle thief ♦ cattle tick fever ♦ cattle trade ♦ cattle trail ♦ cattle truck ♦ crib for cattle ♦ dairy cattle ♦ domestic cattle ♦ drive cattle ♦ granger's cattle ♦ Great cattle ♦ haemorrhagic septicaemia of cattle ♦ head of cattle ♦ horned cattle ♦ Jersey cattle ♦ kittle cattle ♦ large cattle ♦ Molteno cattle disease ♦ mountain cattle ♦ mucosal disease of cattle ♦ musk cattle ♦ pasteurellosis of cattle ♦ pedigree cattle ♦ raise cattle ♦ rake for cattle ♦ range cattle ♦ russian cattle plague ♦ sell cattle on the hoof ♦ small cattle ♦ store cattle ♦ tristeza of cattle. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cattle": cattle-ambush, cattle-breeding, cattle-byre, cattle-dealers, cattle-drive, cattle-drives, cattle-drovers, cattle-fever, cattle-fodder, cattle-food, cattle-grazing, cattle-grid, cattle-guard, cattle-herding, cattle-holdings, cattle-keepers, cattle-leader, cattle-less, cattle-lifters, cattle-like, cattle-lorry, cattle-lovers, cattle-man, cattle-market, cattle-mesh, cattle-owning, cattle-pastures, cattle-pen, cattle-pens, cattle-pounds, cattle-prod, cattle-raiding, cattle-raising, cattle-rancher, cattle-ranchers, cattle-ranching, cattle-rearing, cattle-road, cattle-run, cattle-rustler, cattle-rustlers, cattle-rustling, cattle-shed, cattle-sheds, cattle-stealers, cattle-stealing, cattle-steamers, cattle-thief, cattle-thieves, cattle-thieving, cattle-trespass, cattle-truck, cattle-trucks, cattle-wade, cattle-yard, cattle-yards. | |
Ending with "cattle": Ant-cattle, black-cattle, lake-cattle, prices-cattle, sea-cattle. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cattle | 1,623 | cattle trailer | 66 |
australian cattle dog | 870 | dexter cattle | 61 |
cattle drive | 625 | cattle guard | 59 |
live cattle | 472 | cattle company | 54 |
cattle ranch | 439 | cattle prod | 50 |
cattle future | 232 | show cattle | 50 |
beef cattle | 226 | cattle market | 47 |
cattle picture | 212 | cattle feed | 46 |
dairy cattle | 197 | cattle auction | 44 |
cattle dog | 190 | cattle disease | 38 |
breed of cattle | 182 | hereford cattle | 37 |
cattle land texas | 120 | raising cattle | 35 |
australia cattle dog | 111 | texas longhorn cattle | 35 |
cattle brand | 90 | cattle supply | 35 |
longhorn cattle | 89 | cattle panel | 34 |
highland cattle | 86 | cattle today | 34 |
cattle sale | 78 | australian cattle dog rescue | 32 |
cattle price | 74 | cattle chute | 31 |
miniature cattle | 68 | cattle round up | 30 |
angus cattle | 68 | cattle breeding | 30 |
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| Language | Translations for "cattle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | milet, kafshë shtëpiake, gjedh (bovine), gjë e gjallë (livestock, living creature), bagëti (beast, livestock, stock, stock raising). (various references) | |
Arabic | مواش (livestock), ماشية (kine, livestock), الأنعام, الرعاع (mob, populace, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff), بقر. (various references) | |
Basque | artalde (livestock). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | скотове, коне, говеда (neat), диви бикове. (various references) | |
Chinese | 牛, 家畜 . (various references) | |
Cornish | chattel. (various references) | |
Czech | skot (scot, scotchman, scotsman), hovìzí dobytek (neat), dobytek (animal, brute). (various references) | |
Danish | oksegruppen (antelopes, bovidae, goats, sheep), kvaeg (livestock, livestock population, stock). (various references) | |
Dutch | rundvee, runderen, runderachtigen (antelopes, bovidae, goats, sheep), holhoornigen (antelopes, bovidae, goats, sheep). (various references) | |
Esperanto | bruto (head of cattle), bovorabisto (cattle-lifter, cattle-stealer), bovorabanto (cattle-lifter, cattle-stealer). (various references) | |
Faeroese | ferføttur fenaður (head of cattle). (various references) | |
Farsi | گله گاو, احشام واغنام . (various references) | |
Finnish | nautakarja. (various references) | |
French | espèce bovine, bovins, bovine, bovidés, boeuf domestique, bestiaux, bétail. (various references) | |
German | Vieh (beast, brute, cattles, head of cattle, livestock, swine), Rindvieh (ass), rinder (beefs). (various references) | |
Greek | βοοειδή (antelopes, bovidae, goats, sheep). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מקנה (herd, livestock, property, purchase, stock), קנין (acquisition, asset, chattels, ownership, property, wealth), בקר (herd, oxen), בעיר (beast, combustible, flammable, inflammable), בהמה (animal, beast, neat). (various references) | |
Hungarian | marha (bovine, bovine animal, dummy, livestock, maverick, meatball, store cattle), lábasjószág (livestock). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ternak (livestock), lembu (cow). (various references) | |
Italian | bovini, bestiame (livestock, stock). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 牛 (cow), 家畜 (domestic animals, livestock). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | うし (caries, cavity, cow, decayed tooth, second sign of Chinese zodiac, tooth decay), かちく (domestic animals, livestock). (various references) | |
Korean | 가축 (livestock). (various references) | |
Manx | maase (kine), beiyn (dumb animals, fauna). (various references) | |
Norwegian | storfe. (various references) | |
Occitan | bestial (livestock). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | attlecay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | rebanho (bunch, drove, flock, herd, livestock, troop), gado vacum, gado (flock, herd, livestock), bovídeos (bovine), besta (animal, arbalest, beast, blockhead, bow, brute, cross-bow, dolt, fool, stupid). (various references) | |
Romanian | vitã (beast, live stock, neat, stock), bovine (bovines, neat). (various references) | |
Romany | gooriya. (various references) | |
Russian | скот (livestock, stock, store cattle). (various references) | |
Scottish | crodh (livestock), tàin, spréidh (cattle of any kind), speil (a drove or herd of swine), nì (affair, circumstance, thing, will do), feudail, eallach (burden, charge, load), buar. (various references) | |
Sepedi | kgomo. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | stoka (livestock, stock). (various references) | |
Shona | mombe. (various references) | |
Spanish | ganado vacuno (beef, beef cattle). (various references) | |
Swedish | nötkreatur (creature), boskap (livestock, stock). (various references) | |
Turkish | sığırlar (horned cattle), insanlar (folk, folks, human beings, humanity, mankind, people, they). (various references) | |
Turkmen | mal (livestock). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сволота, гади, велика рогата худоба (neat, nolt, nowt), наволоч, живий вантаж, паскуда (carrion), паразити (vermin). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vũ phu, thú nuôi (livestock), những kẻ thô lỗ. (various references) | |
Welsh | catel (chattels), gwartheg (cows), da (good, goods, nice, okay, stock). (various references) | |
Zulu | inkomo (animal, beast, head of cattle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | arabum, bana, bani, banus, bar, bara, baria, bos, Bos primigenius f.taurus, bosforo, bosoramus, boum, boumque, bov dumesti, bove, bovem, boves, bovesque, bovi, Bovidae, bovis, bubus, capitale, pecora, pecore, pecoribus, pecoris, pecorum, pecus, RM:bov. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | gao, pasu. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | neat, nieten, orf. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | captale. (various references) |
| Anglo-French | 1100-1600 | catel. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 25 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epoihsen o qeoV ta qhria thV ghV kata genoV kai ta kthnh kata genoV kai panta ta erpeta thV ghV kata genoV autwn kai eiden o qeoV oti kala |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et fecit Deus bestias terrae iuxta species suas et iumenta et omne reptile terrae in genere suo et vidit Deus quod esset bonum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ond God ða geworhte ðære eorðan deor æfter heora hiwum ond ða nytenu ond eall creopende cynn on heora cynne. God geseah ða ðæt hit god wæs. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And God made beestis of the erthe aftir ther special kyndes, iumentis, and al the crepynge thing of the erthe in his kynde. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And god made the beastes of the erth in their kyndes and catell in their kyndes ad all maner wormes of the erth in their kyndes: and God sawe that it was good. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every animal that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 25 |
| Cebuano | Ug gibuhat sa Dios ang mga mananap sa yuta ingon sa ilang matang, ug ang kahayopan ingon sa ilang matang, ug ngatanan nga mananap nga nagakamang sa ibabaw sa yuta ingon sa ilang matang: ug nakita sa Dios nga kini maayo. |
| Croatian | I stvori Bog svakovrsnu zvjerad, stoku i gmizavce svake vrste. I vidje Bog da je dobro. |
| Danish | Gud gjorde de vildtlevende Dyr efter deres Arter, Kvæget efter dets Arter og alt Jordens Kryb efter dets Arter. Og Gud så, at det var godt. |
| Dutch | En God maakte het wild gedierte der aarde naar zijn aard, en het vee naar zijn aard, en al het kruipend gedierte des aardbodems naar zijn aard. En God zag, dat het goed was. |
| Finnish | Jumala teki metsäeläimet, kunkin lajinsa mukaan, ja karjaeläimet, kunkin lajinsa mukaan, ja kaikki maan matelijat, kunkin lajinsa mukaan. Ja Jumala näki, että se oli hyvä. |
| French | Dieu fit les animaux de la terre selon leur espèce, le bétail selon son espèce, et tous les reptiles de la terre selon leur espèce. Dieu vit que cela était bon. |
| German | Und Gott machte die Tiere auf Erden, ein jegliches nach seiner Art, und das Vieh nach seiner Art, und allerlei Gewürm auf Erden nach seiner Art. Und Gott sah, daß es gut war. |
| Haitian Creole | Bondye fè tout kalite bèt, bèt nan bwa, bèt yo gade, bèt ki trennen sou vant. Li gade sa l' te fè a, li wè l' bon. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Demikianlah Allah membuat semuanya itu dan ia senang melihat hal itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka dijadikan Allah akan segala binatang yang liar di atas bumi itu dengan tabiatnya, dan segala binatang yang jinakpun dengan tabiatnya, dan segala binatang yang menjalar di atas bumipun dengan tabiatnya; maka dilihat Allah itu baiklah adanya. |
| Italian | Dio fece le bestie selvatiche secondo la loro specie e il bestiame secondo la propria specie e tutti i rettili del suolo secondo la loro specie. E Dio vide che era cosa buona. |
| Maori | Na ka hanga e te Atua te kirehe o te whenua o ia ahua, o ia ahua, me te kararehe o ia ahua, o ia ahua, me nga mea ngokingoki katoa o te whenua o ia ahua, o ia ahua: a ka kite te Atua he pai. |
| Norwegian | Og Gud gjorde de ville dyr, hvert efter sitt slag, og feet efter sitt slag og alt jordens kryp, hvert efter sitt slag. Og Gud så at det var godt. |
| Portuguese | Deus, pois, fez os animais selvagens segundo as suas espécies, e os animais domésticos segundo as suas espécies, e todos os répteis da terra segundo as suas espécies. E viu Deus que isso era bom. |
| Rumanian | Dumnezeu a fqcut fiarele pqmkntului dupq soiul lor, vitele dupq soiul lor wi toate tkrktoarele pqmkntului dupq soiul lor. Dumnezeu a vqzut cq erau bune. |
| Spanish | Hizo Dios los animales de la tierra según su especie, el ganado según su especie y los reptiles de la tierra según su especie. Y vio Dios que esto era bueno. |
| Swedish | Gud gjorde de vilda djuren, efter deras arter, och boskapsdjuren, efter deras arter, och alla kräldjur på marken, efter deras arter. Och Gud såg att det var gott. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cattle": cattleman, cattlemen, cattleya, cattleyas. (additional references) | |
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"Cattle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Actel, Catel, cathlon, catle, Catlet, cattal, catte, Cattel, Cattlin, Cautley, Cetelem, cette, chattle, cittle, Cmtte, Cratloe, Ctte, Cttee, cuttled, kathle, katle, Mcwattie, Pattle, sattel, sattle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cattle" (pronounced ka"tul) |
| 4 | -a" t u l | battle, brattle, chattel, embattle, tattle, prattle, rattle. |
| 3 | -t u l | infantile, infertile, accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, temperamental, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tectal. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-t-t" | |
-1 letter: cleat, eclat, latte, tacet, tecta. | |
-2 letters: alec, cate, celt, lace, late, tace, tact, tael, talc, tale, tate, teal, teat, tela. | |
-3 letters: ace, act, ale, alt, ate, att, cat, cel, eat, eta, lac, lat, lea, let, tae, tat, tea, tel, tet. | |
-4 letters: ae, al, at, el, et, la, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-t-t" | |
+1 letter: calotte, chattel, clatter, lactate, latchet, lattice, tactile. | |
+2 letters: athletic, bractlet, calottes, cattleya, chattels, clatters, clattery, cultrate, cuttable, lactated, lactates, latchets, latticed, lattices, raclette, tactless, telecast, tentacle, thetical, tractile. | |
+3 letters: acetylate, altercate, athletics, autotelic, bractlets, cabaletta, cattaloes, cattleman, cattlemen, cattleyas, cavaletti, charlotte, clathrate, clattered, clatterer, cobaltite, craterlet, cultivate, fluctuate, lateritic, raclettes, reluctant, reluctate, shtetlach, tactilely, telecasts, tentacled, tentacles, tractable, triticale. | |
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