| 单词 | shetland cattle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasShetland cattle 6. Designating a small, hardy, short-horned variety of cattle originally bred in Shetland, typically black and white in colour and used for meat and milk; designating an animal of this breed. Chiefly in Shetland cattle. ΚΠ 1791 St. James's Chron. 3–5 May The late winter has proved uncommonly destructive to the Shetland cattle. 1818 J. Laing Acct. Voy. Spitzbergen (ed. 2) 23 The Shetland cows are also very small, and owing to the scarcity of fodder, give but little milk. 1875 R. O. Pringle Live-Stock of Farm (ed. 2) 121 The Shetland or Zetland breed of cattle belong to the northern group of islands from whence they derive their name. 1925 C. S. Plumb in J. A. Bellows & E. M. Tuttle Bk. Rural Life IX. 5046/2 Shetland cattle vary greatly in color, there being no one standard. 1982 Financial Times 26 May 33/1 Breeders will be offered £100 for every Shetland cow and £200 for every Shetland bull kept on the islands and bred pure. 2011 J. Pretty This Luminous Coast v. 110 There's a little bit of Scotland on these Essex marshes: 600 Shetland and Ronaldsay sheep and sixty Shetland cattle. < as lemmas |
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