2012年5月22日 · In the 1950's and 60's in the county of Angus in Scotland where we had a farm with cattle, the singular of cattle; e.g. one far enough away for one not to know its sex; was called a 'cattle-beast'. That sounds a bit clumsy but is quite precise, in that it states that the animal being spoken of is bovine but sex is undetermined.

"Cattle herds" would be ok because it is specifying the type of herd with the word, "cattle," acting as a modifier. It's just like, "cement road," or, "glass wall." Share

2015年7月11日 · Consider what happens when the herd is sleeping. This doesn't mean that every cow is asleep, merely that sleep is the herd's current activity. Doing the same thing at the same time is the whole point of a herd. If a cow decides to travel while others are eating, it stops being a part of the herd--the herd is still eating.

Herd is a collective noun, as it refers to a group of cattle and you can have multiple groups, hence multiple herds.The basic constituent of a herd remains the same whether it is one herd or several, it still refers to a group/s of animals. Cattle is a common noun.Where is the debate?

2013年11月17日 · Because 'cattle' is a plural noun with no singular (though it almost grades into a mass noun notionally in constructions such as 'raising cattle costs a lot of money' – cf clothing, furniture, and especially poultry – which, however, take singular concord), there is the problem of what to call a single – er, beast. Neat.

2022年1月20日 · They are picked up finally by purchasers in search of cheap cattle; but investments in such stock are risky and have proven to be disastrous this winter. It is among dogies and through Texas cattle—that is, cattle from southern Texas and the gulf regions—where deaths have generally occurred in this vicinity this winter.—Kansas Cowboy.

2012年6月17日 · You use the expression to refer to a failure of a collection of people to behave, or be led, as a united whole. The idea behind the expression is that cats aren't herd animals, so you're trying to elicit a behaviour from creatures incapable of it. Note that there's no the: it's herd cats (not herding the cats).

2019年2月6日 · Every herd has what is known as a “boss cow.” (Beef cattle don’t wear bells.) Here are a couple of posts that explain the boss cow and how she becomes that. The boss cow: There’s always a boss cow. She’s the one who leads the herd down the road when it’s time to change pastures, and the one who is first to start the daily trek to water.

2016年5月7日 · Ox is the only word that satisfies the gender neutral requirement. The OED definition 1a is a.A large cloven-hoofed, often horned ruminant mammal, Bos taurus (family Bovidae), derived from the extinct Eurasian aurochs and long domesticated for its milk, meat, and hide; a cow, a bull; (in pl.) cattle.

A shepherd is a person employed to guard, tend, and herd sheep, especially at pasture; a member of a pastoral people herding and usually owning sheep, etc. Sheperd can also be used in figurative sense as in the following sentence. Then the …