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MUSCOVITE Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
a farmer's question
Hi,
Not sure if I use/interprete these (closely related) words, CATTLE and LIVESTOCK, correctly.
If you could help?
Ex: "Local farmers usually keep only sheep and poultry".
(1) Can we say that the general category LIVESTOCK includes the subcategories CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS and POULTRY?
(2) Some sources claim SHEEP are part of CATTLE, some seem to treat them as different/"self-sufficient" categories in their own right.
(3) to keep pigs - BE, to keep hogs - AE - is it a real or just imaginary (no matter what my Longman actually claims :-)) BrE vs AmE distinction?
Which is the prevailing view?
mus-te
Not sure if I use/interprete these (closely related) words, CATTLE and LIVESTOCK, correctly.
If you could help?
Ex: "Local farmers usually keep only sheep and poultry".
(1) Can we say that the general category LIVESTOCK includes the subcategories CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS and POULTRY?
(2) Some sources claim SHEEP are part of CATTLE, some seem to treat them as different/"self-sufficient" categories in their own right.
(3) to keep pigs - BE, to keep hogs - AE - is it a real or just imaginary (no matter what my Longman actually claims :-)) BrE vs AmE distinction?
Which is the prevailing view?
mus-te
Top answer
Not sure if I use/interprete these (closely related) words, CATTLE and LIVESTOCK, correctly. If you could help? Ex: "Local farmers usually keep only sheep and poultry".
- Not sure if I use/interprete these (closely related) words, CATTLE and LIVESTOCK, correctly.
- If you could help?
- Ex: "Local farmers usually keep only sheep and poultry".
- (1) Can we say that the general category LIVESTOCK includes the subcategories CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS and POULTRY?
- Yes, all farm animals , So not poultry.
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Not sure if I use/interprete these (closely related) words, CATTLE and LIVESTOCK, correctly.
If you could help?
Ex: "Local farmers usually keep only sheep and poultry".
(1) Can we say that the general category LIVESTOCK includes the subcategories CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS and POULTRY?
Yes, all farm animals, So not poultry.
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If you could help?
Ex: "Local farmers usually keep only sheep and poultry".
(1) Can we say that the general category LIVESTOCK includes the subcategories CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS and POULTRY?
Yes, all farm animals, So not poultry.
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Thanks Clive!
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/cattle
The following must be kind of a "generalized" def
CliveSome sources claim SHEEP are part of CATTLE, <<< NoYou may find this link curious:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/cattle
The following must be kind of a "generalized" def
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I've never hear 'cattle' used to refer to sheep/goats/antelopes.
The term 'bovine' is quite commonly used to refer to all animals that have cleft hooves.
The term 'bovine' is quite commonly used to refer to all animals that have cleft hooves.
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Collin's has a more liberal definition:
livestock
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( functioning as singular or plural ) cattle, horses, poultry, and similar animals kept for domestic use but not as pets, esp on a farm or ranch
I live in a farming and ranching state. The annual livestock shows include any animals raised for food, milk, or their wool or skins. That includes rabbits, exotics (emus and llam
livestock
— n
( functioning as singular or plural ) cattle, horses, poultry, and similar animals kept for domestic use but not as pets, esp on a farm or ranch
I live in a farming and ranching state. The annual livestock shows include any animals raised for food, milk, or their wool or skins. That includes rabbits, exotics (emus and llam
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AlpheccaStarsI live in a farming and ranching state. The annual livestock shows include any animals raised for food, milk, or their wool or skins. That includes rabbits, exotics (emus and llamas) cattle (beef), sheep, and goats.It excludes non-domesticated creatures such as fish (fish farming) and alligators (farmed for their skins).I have heard distinctions between pig an
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