kyloen.
/ˈkʌɪləʊ/, U.S. /ˈkaɪloʊ/, Scottish English /ˈkʌilo/ Scottish.
One of a small breed of cattle with long horns reared in the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > of Scotland > Highland cow or cattle
black cattle1725
Highland cattle1751
highlander1771
West Highlander1805
kyloe1811
West Highland1843
1811 W. Aiton Gen. View Agric. Ayr xiv. 414 Some have imagined that Kyloes, the name given to the Cattle of Argyleshire, is derived from Kyle.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xi. 149 Killancureit talked..of..dinmonts, and stots, and runts, and kyloes . View more context for this quotation
1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. viii. viii. 380 Making little or no export from the country beyond the few lean kyloes, which paid the rent.
1882 Ordnance Gaz. Scot. I. 71 The cattle are chiefly Kyloes or West Highlanders, a small shaggy race.
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