dairy cattle

plural noun

: cattle kept for milk production

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Ten people in Colorado who worked with dairy cattle or poultry tested positive last year, but none became seriously ill. Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 31 Mar. 2025 Governor shuts down poultry markets after 7 cases of bird flu detected in NYC New bird flu variant found in dairy cattle. Shahid Meighan, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025 Just last week, a variant of H5N1 that had circulated in wild birds and poultry turned up in dairy cattle for the first time. Will Stone, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025 Bird flu has swept through U.S. dairy cattle and poultry farms since last year, causing egg prices to spike and raising fears of a potential pandemic. Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dairy cattle

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dairy cattle was in 1895

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“Dairy cattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dairy%20cattle. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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dairy cattle

noun
: cattle raised especially to produce milk

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