cattle

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Synonyms: battle, rattle, castle, attle, tattle, cantle, wattle, cuttle, catte, cattie, cottle

Antonyms: battle, rattle, castle, attle, tattle, cantle, wattle, cuttle, catte, cattie, cottle

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q830}}[[domesticated|Domesticated]] animals of the species {{taxfmt|Bos taurus|species}} ([[cow]]s, [[bull]]s, [[steer]]s, [[ox]]en etc), and other [[hoof]]ed mammals of the genus {{taxfmt|Bos|genus}}.
2. Certain other [[livestock]], such as [[sheep]], [[pig]]s or [[goat]]s. Also rarely applied to [[horse]]s.
3. {{lb|en|pejorative|figuratively}} [[people|People]] who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete|English law|sometimes|_|countable|plural {{m|en|cattles}}}} [[chattel]]
5. {{lb|en|uncountable|rare}} {{non-gloss|Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.}}

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|Cockney rhyming slang}} {{ellipsis of|en|cattle truck|t=to [[fuck]]: to break, destroy}}.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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