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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
/ ˈlaɪvˌstɒk /
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of livestock1
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Example Sentences
It used to carry livestock but sailed its final voyage with a hold full of Syrian men, women, and children.
Biologist Mattson is alarmed by the abrupt 2008 rise in grizzly mortality from conflicts both with livestock and hunters.
Renowned livestock specialist and autism advocate Temple Grandin brought her unique intellect and wit to Reddit.
Diversification was as beneficial in financial investments as it was in growing crops and raising livestock.
Intensive livestock farming basically means housing animals in artificial cities.
Even fences, so important to livestock raising, had been entirely demolished in most instances.
As a matter of fact, Virginia is a leader in the South in the relative importance of livestock and livestock products.
Although agriculture is no longer the leading occupation, Virginia has a variety of important crops and livestock.
The rest of the livestock was turned from the corrals and the cabin and stables set afire.
A dozen years ago, in one season, he had sold eighty thousand dollars worth of livestock from these two ranches.
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