| 单词 | british white cattle | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasBritish White cattle   British White  n. (also  British White cattle) any of various old breeds of white cattle kept in the British Isles; (now) spec. a breed of polled white cattle with black points; an animal of this breed.The polled breed was formally split from the horned White Park breeds in 1946. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > 			[noun]		 > hornless poll1786 moiley1824 British White1879 1879    J. Storer Wild White Cattle of Great Brit. xix  				The origin of British White Cattle is obscure. On the one hand, local tradition..declares some of them at least to be of the aboriginal wild breed of the British forests. 1950    Animal Breeding Abstr. 18 155  				The name ‘British White’ was recently changed from ‘Park Cattle’, which in turn was the name given to the Wild White Cattle. 2004    N.Y. Times 		(National ed.)	 18 July  ix. 5/3  				These days, that [sc. ‘stock’] means livestock, particularly the ‘heritage breed’ cattle like British Whites or Murray Greys. < as lemmas  | 
	
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