cows

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Sixto showed us his animals with great happiness as his cows were about to be vaccinated against the various sickness that affect that type of livestock.

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  1. domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; as, wait till the cows come home.

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  1. domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

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  • (05 August 2008) - The Panini family in Modena, Italy not only produces some of the most delicious and coveted organic Parmigiano Reggiano in the world, but next to the feed barn that houses the cows is the most complete collection of Maseratis in the world. —  Cool Hunting
  • After the June 15 closing, the cows will be auctioned to benefit Rady's Children's Hospital and the San Diego Zoological Society.
  • Sixto showed us his animals with great happiness as his cows were about to be vaccinated against the various sickness that affect that type of livestock. —  Kiva Loans
  • A very nice looking Dutch woman, who had apparently seen the party from her window, came out through this side door into the passage way, to welcome them when they came The stalls for the cows were all beautifully made, and they were painted and decorated in such an extraordinary manner, that no one could have imagined for what use they were intended. —  Rollo in Holland
  • One of my great-great-grandfather's earmarks for his cows was a "swallow-fork slit in both ears"; another was a slit under the ear and a "half-penny mark on the foreside of the near ear." —  Home Life in Colonial Days
 

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