dairy cattle

dairy cattle

pl.n. Cows bred and raised for milk rather than meat.

dair′y cat`tle

n.pl. cows raised mainly for their milk. [1890–95]

Thesaurus

Noun

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dairy cattle - cattle that are reared for their milkdairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milkerBos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"Ayrshire - hardy breed of dairy cattle from Ayr, ScotlandBrown Swiss - large hardy brown breed of dairy cattle from SwitzerlandJersey - a breed of diary cattle developed on the island of Jerseymilking shorthorn - breed evolved from shorthorn beef cattleFriesian, Holstein, Holstein-Friesian - a breed of dairy cattle from northern HollandGuernsey - breed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey