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Record 1 2019-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
  • Phraseology
OBS

He has 50 head of cattle. The term "cattle" is used only with a plural verb or pronoun, e.g. The cattle ARE grazing in the field. Group: a bow, bunch, creaght, draft, drift, drive, drove, flote, head, herd, lot, team/yoke (oxen); a booly (a company of herdsmen wandering with their cattle); a dairy (milch cows) of cattle. Male: bull, ox, steer. Female: cow. Young: calf, stirk, bullock (male), heifer (female). Cry: bulls bellow, cows low.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
  • Phraséologie
OBS

Groupe : un troupeau de bœufs. Mâle : bœuf, taureau. Femelle : vache, génisse, taure. Petit : veau, taurillon. Cri : beugler, meugler.

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