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Female cattle are referred to as

cows

Male cattle are referred to as

bulls

Young female cattle are called

heifers

Young male cattle are called

<p>bullocks</p> Signup and view all the answers

Castrated male cattle are called

<p>steers</p> Signup and view all the answers

Large, domesticated, cloven-hooved herbivores Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are referred to as ______

<p>cows</p> Signup and view all the answers

Mature male cattle are referred to as ______

<p>bulls</p> Signup and view all the answers

Colloquially, young female cattle (heifers), young male cattle (bullocks), and castrated male cattle (steers) are also referred to as ______

<p>cows</p> Signup and view all the answers

Cattle are commonly raised as livestock for meat (beef or veal, see beef cattle), for milk (see dairy cattle), and for hides, which are used to make ______

<p>leather</p> Signup and view all the answers

They are used as riding animals and draft animals (oxen or bullocks, which pull carts, plows and other implements). Another product of cattle is their dung, which can be used to create ______

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