dairy cattle

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noun

cows raised mainly for their milk, especially cows of a dairy breed.

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Origin of dairy cattle

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby dairy cattle

dainty, daiquiri, Dairen, dairy, dairy breed, dairy cattle, dairyer, dairy factory, dairy farm, dairying, dairyland

How to use dairy cattle in a sentence

Tearing apart those carbon-absorbing ecosystems gives the practice a footprint higher than dairy cattle, pigs, or chicken.
The feats of engineering that dazzled us in 2021|Andrew Rosenblum|December 2, 2021|Popular-Science
Cases of cattle brucellosis were reported across the country in dairy cattle and an increasing number of range herds.
The idea of herd immunity to manage the coronavirus should ring alarm bells|Rebecca Kaplan|October 30, 2020|Washington Post
And it would have been a matter of no moment if they'd been domesticated dairy-cattle, but these were range-cattle gone wild.
Pariah Planet|Murray Leinster
Herefords, though they rear their own calves, have acquired but little fame as dairy cattle.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various

As dairy cattle, they are noted for the length of the period during which they continue in milk.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various
Teacher asked him to tell us two breeds of dairy cattle and which gives the most milk.
The Corner House Girls Under Canvas|Grace Brooks Hill
A dog is a nuisance among dairy cattle, but he can be made to earn his salt at churning time.
Farm Mechanics|Herbert A. Shearer