Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Domestic animals, such as cattle or horses, raised for home use or for profit, especially on a farm.
Wiktionary
- n. Farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any animals kept for use or profit
Examples
“A couple inaccuracies: the interviewer uses "livestock" interchangeably with "farm animals" in the second sentence, which makes her opening claim impossible to understand (the word livestock does not encompass poultry; and poultry account for more than 90 percent of farmed animals raised in the USA.)”
“Q: The term for the care and killing of livestock is animal husbandry,,”
A Conversation with Sy Montgomery, author of The Good Good Pig
“Raising livestock is tougher than ever on the fringes of one of the nation's fastest-growing edge cities, not to mention the impact of the animal rights movement and online sales.”
The Washington Post: Farmers vow to rebuild Northern Virginia livestock exchange as community hub
“Watching intently as eggs are collected, cows receive their cowbells, and livestock is moved from one pasture to another, the dogs never tire of monitoring the local spectacle.”
The Huffington Post: George Heymont: Mother Nature Provided The Soundtrack
“The FDA is discussing restricting routine use of antibiotics in livestock feed to slow the rise of deadly, antibiotic-resistant bacteria.”
“He stole from the Federal Government, at a prodigal increase of salary, its star specialist in livestock breeding, and by similar misconduct he robbed the University of Nebraska of its greatest milch cow professor, and broke the heart of the Dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of California by appropriating Professor Nirdenhammer, the wizard of farm management.”
“Niche producers are some of the great success stories in livestock agriculture.”
The Huffington Post: Temple Grandin, Ph.D: Ag Department Proposal Threatens Animal Welfare
“By 2050, growth in livestock production could generate as much as 70 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions considered to be a safe threshold for the planet.”
“There has never been such an important and devastating disease as rinderpest in livestock," said Michael Baron of the IAH.”
“Whether he was buying for his own account or on behalf of his children, he spent more than double his late wife's share of the estate, which suggests he was not simply taking his children's share home in livestock rather than in cash.”
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘livestock’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
silicon, silica, shrimp, shelve, shallot, serine, seedling, septic, secretin, seaweed, screening, Scomber and 1171 more...
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Cattle
cattle, cow, beef, steer, heifer, calf, bull, cattle call, Black Angus, Hereford, Holstein, Dwarf Lulu and 402 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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End in -ock
Inspired by fbharjo (see spitchcock).
spitchcock, hillock, willock, peacock, pajock, penock, yapock, sycock, bittock, bawcock, burrock, cammock and 168 more...
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AGRI - horse breeding
driving, implement, Trot, speed, exhale, dope, obstacle, tail, plow, coloration, para, weaving and 678 more...
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Open List: Sheepishness
Everything sheep, from Artiodactyla to zodiac.
lanolin, ram, ewe, Artiodactyla, even-toed ungulate, ruminant, Ovis aries, ovine, domestic, domesticated, neotenic, mouflon and 426 more...
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Down on the Farm
All things farm and agriculture related.
barn, tractor, cow, hay, horse, pig, corn, plough, irrigation, subsidies, crops, plant and 260 more...
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natachasamami's list
business, trading, branded products ..., aviation, futbol business, angola, mauritania, portugal, poland, import, export, livestock and 1 more...
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Stocks and Bonds
stock, bond, stocks and bonds, stockyard, bail bonds, Gary U.S. Bonds, James Bond, stockade, lock, stock and b..., bondmaid, bonded warehouse, bondsman and 57 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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The Show
An attempt to define 'the Show' as it exists in Australia, urban or rural.
dodgem car, show day, royal, grand parade, livestock, sideshow alley, fairy floss, show bag, exhibitor, blue ribbon, hoof and hook, showjumping and 13 more...
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The Shambles
From the American Heritage Dictionary:
"A place or situation referred to as a shambles is usually a mess, but it is no longer always the bloody mess it once was. The history of the wo...rendering, packing plant, meat, hard hat, tallow, greaves, captive bolt pistol, pig scalder, scalding house, boxed beef, oleochemicals, blood meal and 42 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for livestock.

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