bullocknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbʊl.ək/us/ˈbʊl.ək/a young male cow, especially one that has had its testicles removed
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Names for the male & female of animals
- billy goat
- bitch
- boar
- boomer
- buck
- bull
- cob
- cock
- ewe
- gelding
- mare
- nanny goat
- ox
- ram
- stag
- stallion
- steer
- tigress
- tom
- tomcat
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Cattle & similar animals
Examples from literature
- At last the bullocks are sold to a dealer.
- One poor bullock laid down by the way and we were obliged to leave it.
- The other end of the rope is fastened to the necks of a pair of bullocks.
- There are some peasants, with three bullocks, coming down the valley, and there are four armed horsemen riding behind them.
- We unloaded our bullocks: but, having watered our horses, we found that the supply of the well was not even sufficient for them, and that it was filling very slowly.