cows of pedigree stock

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• stock — [adj] commonplace banal, basic, common, conventional, customary, dull, established, formal, hackneyed, normal, ordinary, overused, regular, routine, run of the mill*, set, standard, staple, stereotyped, traditional, trite, typical, usual, worn… …   New thesaurus

• stock — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stem, bole, trunk; race, family; livestock, cattle; [gun] butt; capital; broth; merchandise, goods; raw materials; repertory; informal, belief. See ancestry, store, drama, provision, quantity. II… …   English dictionary for students

• stock — n 1. supply, store, stockpile, inventory; quantity, fund, lot, bunch, heap, pile, mass, stack, load, Chiefly U.S. Dial. grist; assortment, range, selection, variety; collection, accumulation, amassment, aggregate, Obs. commodity; reserve,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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