Cattle /(kăt"t'l)/
Cat·tle
Cattle
n. pl.
- Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine.
Phrases & Compounds
- Belted cattle
- See under Belted, Black.
- Cattle guard
- a trench under a railroad track and alongside a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to prevent cattle from getting upon the track.
- cattle louse
- any species of louse infecting cattle. There are several species. The Hæmatatopinus eurysternus and Hæmatatopinus vituli are common species which suck blood; Trichodectes scalaris eats the hair.
- Cattle plague
- the rinderpest; called also Russian cattle plague.
- Cattle range
- an open space through which cattle may run or range.
- Cattle show
- an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and domestic products and of implements.