cattlebeast (pluralcattle beastsorcattle)
- An individualdomesticatedbovineanimal;a singular form of the generalised pluralcattle.
- Synonyms:(now uncommon)beef,bovine,(India)cattlehead,cow,(archaic)neat,(archaic, regional)neatbeast
- Hypernym:beast
- Hyponyms:cow,bull,bullock,calf,heifer,steer
- 1883, Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm, Guelph,Annual Report, Volume 8,199,
- To aim at breeding, raising, and fattening onecattle beast from every ten cultivated acres of the Province.
- 1970, New Zealand Department of Agriculture,New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 121,page xxvii,
- Similarly, people describe their idealcattle beast with terms such as depth of body, depth of twist, blocky,[…].
- 2005, New Zealand Society of Animal Production,Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Volume 65,80,
- The system is dependent on producers, abattoirs, meat wholesalers and meat retailers recording and managing information on eachcattle beast using a ten-digit individual identification number.
The pluralcattle beasts is used when referring to several individual beasts, whilecattle is used when referring to a herd of them, collectively.
