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See also:live stockandlive-stock

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Etymology

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Fromlive +‎stock.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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livestock (usuallyuncountable,plurallivestocks)

  1. Farm animals; animalsdomesticated forcultivation.
    Coordinate term:stock animal
    Thelivestock were poisoned by what they grazed on.
    Livestock is bought and sold at an auction market.
    Muchlivestock was slaughtered due to high feed prices.
    In the West there are local areas with too manylivestock.
    Women herded smalllivestocks such as goats and sheep.
    • 2011, Cynthia J. Moss, Harvey Croze, Phyllis C. Lee,The Amboseli Elephants: A Long-Term Perspective on a Long-Lived Mammal, page297:
      These spearings were not related tolivestock killed but to young boys trying to prove their bravery.

Usage notes

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  • The phrase "head of livestock", withhead as acollective noun, refers to an individual farm animal without specifying the species.

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Translations

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farm animals

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