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noun (used with a singular or plural verb)the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch. Origin of livestockFirst recorded in 1650–60; live2 + stock Words nearby livestockliveryman, livery stable, lives, live spindle, live steam, livestock, livestream, live through, live together, livetrap, live-tweet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for livestockBiologist Mattson is alarmed by the abrupt 2008 rise in grizzly mortality from conflicts both with livestock and hunters. What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST And in the land of livestock and grassland and corral and endless highway, that is more or less everything. The Death of a Rodeo Cowboy|Peter Richmond|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST This was where they corralled their livestock at night, and where the warm smell of animals still lingered. On Foot in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco|Joanna Eede|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST The bacteria in the bowels of livestock are influenced by the antibiotics gobbled up. Is Your Bacon on Drugs?|Kent Sepkowitz|December 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And if that bacteria has encountered too much antibiotic in livestock feed and has developed antibiotic resistance and you eat it. Is Your Bacon on Drugs?|Kent Sepkowitz|December 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST He unfolded the sheet and scanned the charges—coercion, larceny, livestock theft, and breach of contract. The Lani People|J. F. Bone A survey should be made of the relation of Government grazing lands to the livestock industry. State of the Union Addresses of Calvin Coolidge|Calvin Coolidge Further to the east are corrals and holding pens for livestock. Trinity [Atomic Test] Site|The National Atomic Museum Summer livestock grazing in the mountains and uncontrolled hunting reduced wildlife to insignificance. Area Handbook for Albania|Eugene K. Keefe He was sorry the soldiers had helped themselves so freely to the livestock; but everything had now settled down. Mrs. Warren's Daughter|Sir Harry Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for livestock
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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to livestockherd, oxen, fowl, domestic, swine, cattle, flock, horses, sheep, animals, beasts, hogs, pigs, cows, stock, calves, shorthorns, bulls, dogies, longhorn |