cattle drive | driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers) |
reproduction procreation breeding facts of life | the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
breeding | the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization |
cattle breeding | breeding cattle |
dog breeding | breeding dogs |
horse breeding | breeding horses |
breeding bringing up fostering fosterage nurture raising rearing upbringing | helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community, they debated whether nature or nurture was more important |
cattle egret Bubulcus ibis | small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals |
cattle cows kine oxen Bos taurus | 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 |
beef beef cattle | cattle that are reared for their meat |
dairy cattle dairy cow milch cow milk cow milcher milker | cattle that are reared for their milk |
cattle car | a freight car for transporting cattle |
cattle guard cattle grid | a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle |
cattleship cattle boat | a cargo ship for the transport of livestock |
cattle trail | a trail over which cattle were driven to market |
cow pen cattle pen corral | a pen for cattle |
ranch spread cattle ranch cattle farm | farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) |
breeding genteelness gentility | elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression |
bad manners ill-breeding | impoliteness resulting from ignorance |
education training breeding | the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior), a woman of breeding and refinement |
cattle cake | a concentrated feed for cattle, processed in the form of blocks or cakes |
breeding ground | a place where animals breed |
rustler cattle thief | someone who steals livestock (especially cattle) |
rinderpest cattle plague | an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal), characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes |
breeding | producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring, the breeding population, retained a few bulls for breeding purposes |