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livestock
[ lahyv-stok ]
noun
- the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.
livestock
/ ˈɪˌɒ /
noun
- functioning as singular or plural cattle, horses, poultry, and similar animals kept for domestic use but not as pets, esp on a farm or ranch
Word History and Origins
Origin of livestock1
Example Sentences
Those juxtaposed scenes of bleating livestock and skinned carcasses still leave an impression, but they’re just one strand in a tapestry of threads, none of them given more importance than the others.
After a previous conflict in Gaza in 2009, a UN survey of the territory found asbestos in debris from older buildings, sheds, temporary building extensions, roofs and the walls of livestock enclosures.
Farmers in the UK warned ministers last week not to dilute British food standards, saying the use of hormones in rearing livestock cannot be accepted.
More than half of these deaths were in retaliation for the loss of livestock.
While lions often come into conflict with humans in Kenya, especially over livestock, it is not common for people to be killed.
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