breeder cattle

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• breeder — 1570s, one who produces or originates, agent noun from BREED (Cf. breed) (v.). Meaning one who breeds cattle or some other animal is recorded from 1530s. Of nuclear reactors, from 1948. As a scornful homosexual term for heterosexual person,… …   Etymology dictionary

• breeder — n. a cattle, livestock; horse; poultry breeder * * * [ briːdə] horse livestock poultry breeder a cattle …   Combinatory dictionary

• cattle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beef, dairy ▪ Highland, longhorn, shorthorn ▪ native ▪ wild ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• breeder — noun Breeder is used before these nouns: ↑reactor Breeder is used after these nouns: ↑cattle, ↑dog, ↑horse, ↑pigeon …   Collocations dictionary

• Dexter cattle — are the smallest of the European cattle breeds, being about half the size of a traditional Hereford and about one third the size of a Friesian milking cow. They were considered a rare breed of cattle, until recently, but are now considered a… …   Wikipedia

• Texas longhorn (cattle) — The Texas longhorn is a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to 120 inches tip to tip for steers and exceptional cows and bulls in the 70 to 80 inch tip to tip range. Horns can have a slight upward turn at their… …   Wikipedia

• Miniature cattle — The miniature cattle s popularity is on the rise due to their compatibility with small acreage farms. Some miniature breeds, such as Dexter and certain strains of Zebu, are descendants of primitive cattle that existed before domestication and… …   Wikipedia

• Salers (cattle) — The Salers (French: race de Salers or La Salers ; plural: Les Salers ) is a breed of cattle which originated in Cantal in the Massif Central of France.They are a large breed of cattle, with the female weighing in at between 700 and 750 kg (1,5443 …   Wikipedia

• stock breeder — one who raises cattle …   English contemporary dictionary

• rancher — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ranch owner, ranchman, stockman, breeder, cattle farmer, cowkeeper, cowherder, shepherd, drover, grazier, stock breeder, horse trainer, herdsman, herder, ranchero, broncobuster, granger, cattleman, cowboy, cattle baron,… …   English dictionary for students

• Animal husbandry — Animal husbandry, also called animal science, stockbreeding or simple husbandry, is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock. It has been practiced for thousands of years, since the first domestication of animals.The science of …   Wikipedia