pecudiculturen.
/ˈpɛkjᵿdᵻˌkʌltʃə/, U.S. /ˈpɛkjədəˌkəltʃər/ rare.
The rearing of cattle or other farm animals.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun]
cattle-farming1806
stock-keeping1844
cattle ranching1866
stock-farming1866
cattle-rearing1871
boviculture1876
cattle-breeding1877
ranching1882
pecudiculture1885
cow-work1886
1885 Cent. Mag. 29 363 Agriculture and Horticulture. Pecudiculture.
1890 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 19 512 Outline of a Scheme of Museum Classification:..Culture of animals: domestic animals and their uses. Pecudiculture.
1903 Rep. U.S. National Museum 1901 351 The Navaho also were modified for their betterment by..racial mixture with some of the clans, through whom, no doubt, they received sheep and their first lessons in pecudiculture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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