cattle
Domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc), and other hoofed mammals of the genus Bos.
Noun 2 meanings
Domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc), and other hoofed mammals of the genus Bos.
“Many cattle were suffering from a disease called BSE.”
Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses.
Etymology
From Middle English catel, from Anglo-Norman catel (“personal property”), from Old Northern French (compare French cheptel, Old French chetel, chatel, also English chattel) from Medieval Latin capitāle, from Latin capitālis (“of the head”) (whence also capital, from caput (“head”) + -alis (“-al”)).
CATTLE at a glance
CATTLE has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (C 3 + A 1 + T 1 + T 1 + L 1 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,486 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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