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• Cattle mutilation — (also known as bovine excision[1]) is the apparent killing and mutilation of cattle under unusual or anomalous circumstances. Sheep and horses have allegedly been mutilated under similar circumstances. A hallmark of these incidents is the… …   Wikipedia

• Cattle station — is an Australian term for a large farm (station, the equivalent of ranch), usually in the outback, whose main activity is the raising of cattle. The owner of a cattle station is called a grazier. The largest cattle station in the world is Anna… …   Wikipedia

• ranch — ☆ ranch [ranch ] n. [< RANCHO] 1. a large farm, esp. in the W U.S., with its buildings, lands, etc., for the raising of cattle, horses, or sheep in great numbers 2. any large farm devoted to the raising of a particular crop or livestock [a… …   English World dictionary

• ranch — ► NOUN 1) a large farm, especially in the western US and Canada, where cattle or other animals are bred. 2) (also ranch house) N. Amer. a single storey house. ► VERB ▪ run a ranch. DERIVATIVES rancher noun. ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

• Ranch — Ranch, n. [See {Rancho}.] A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See {Rancho}, 2. [Western U. S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ranch — [ra:ntʃ US ræntʃ] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Mexican Spanish; Origin: rancho, from Spanish, camp, small building, small farm , from French ranger to put in a row ] 1.) a very large farm in the western US and Canada where sheep, cattle, or horses are… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ranch — (n.) 1808, country house, from Amer.Sp. rancho small farm, group of farm huts, from Sp. rancho, originally, group of people who eat together, from ranchear to lodge or station, from O.Fr. ranger install in position, from rang row, line (see RANK… …   Etymology dictionary

• ranch — [n] farm acreage, cattle farm, dairy farm, estate, farmstead, hacienda, homestead, land, plantation; concepts 258,449,517 …   New thesaurus

• Ranch — This article is about a type of land use and method of raising livestock. For information on people who handle cattle on ranches, see Cowboy. For other uses, see Ranch (disambiguation). View of the Grant Kohrs Ranch near Deer Lodge, Montana A… …   Wikipedia

• ranch — ranchless, adj. ranchlike, adj. /ranch/, n. 1. an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions. 2. Chiefly Western U.S. and Canada. a large farm used primarily to raise one kind of crop or animal: a mink ranch. 3. a dude… …   Universalium

• Cattle Kate — Ellen Liddy Watson (July 2, 1861 July 20, 1889) was a female pioneer of Wyoming who became better known as Cattle Kate, an outlaw of the Old West. The outlaw characterization is a dubious one, as she was not violent and was never charged with any …   Wikipedia