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