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Word List: Farm animals
- donkey, donkeys ['dQNkI]
(noun) - Definition:
- a domestic animal, similar to a horse, with long ears, which was often used as a working animal
- Example:
- Donkeys have a notorious reputation for stubbornness.
- horse, horses [hɔː(r)s]
(noun) - Definition:
- a hoofed mammal which people ride for recreation or transport
- Example:
- A cowboy's best friend is his horse.
- pony, ponies [ˈpōnɪ]
(noun) - Definition:
- a small horse with a specific conformation and temperament
- Example:
- Ponies are generally considered intelligent and friendly, though sometimes they are also described as stubborn or devious.
- cow, cows [kaʊ]
(noun) - Definition:
- a female bovine or more generally a large domestic animal raised as livestock for meat (beef and veal), as dairy animals for milk and as draught animals
- Example:
- Some cows are white and brown.
- bull, bulls [bʊl]
(noun) - Definition:
- the uncastrated adult male of domesticated cattle
- Example:
- The bull looks threatening.
- pig, pigs [pɪg]
(noun) - Definition:
- a pink mammal having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging
- Example:
- The farmer kept a pen with two pigs that he fed from table scraps and field waste.
- sheep, sheep [ʃiːp]
(noun) - Definition:
- a rather white animal raised for fleece, meat (lamb, hogget or mutton) and milk
- Example:
- A sheep's wool is the most widely used of any animal.
- chicken, chickens ['tʃɪk.ɪn]
(noun) - Definition:
- a bird, a domesticated fowl, primarily kept by humans as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs
- Example:
- Chickens are one of the most common and widespread domestic animals.
- calf, calves [kɑːf]
(noun) - Definition:
- a young cow or bull
- Example:
- Look, the calf is so cute!
- goat, goats [gəʊt]
(noun) - Definition:
- a ruminant mammal, related to the sheep, used for their milk, meat, hair, and skins over much of the world
- Example:
- Goats prefer to browse on shrubbery and weeds, more like deer than sheep, preferring them to grasses.
- lamb, lambs [læm]
(noun) - Definition:
- a young sheep, of up to one year of age
- Example:
- Some people like to eat lamb.
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/environment-and-nature/animals/farm-animals/
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