livestock

noun

live·stock | \ ˈlīv-ˌstäk

Definition of livestock

: animals kept or raised for use or pleasure especially : farm animals kept for use and profit

Examples of livestock in a Sentence

a market where livestock are bought and sold a market where livestock is bought and sold

Recent Examples on the Web

Bobcats: Twenty to 50 inches long, these big cats rarely attack humans, but sometimes turn to livestock or pets for food. — Candace Taylor, WSJ, "A Desert Home Design Inspired by Paperweights," 8 Nov. 2018 If barley becomes too scarce, more of it will be funneled to livestock, since beer is technically a luxury good. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Barley shortages from climate change could mean less beer worldwide," 15 Oct. 2018 All the while, vultures are still doing damage to the livestock. — Jordyn Hermani, Indianapolis Star, "Black vultures are eating cows alive. But it's difficult to legally kill the birds.," 13 July 2018 The militant group has reportedly issued a general directive banning plastic bags, and gave environmental and health risks to the livestock as reasons for taking the move. — Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, "Al Qaeda-Backed Terrorist Group Has a New Target: Plastic Bags," 4 July 2018 ViaGen is the only animal cloning company in the U.S. to clone pets in addition to livestock, according to Melain Rodriguez, the company’s client service manager. — Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com, "These puppies may be Maryland's first cloned dogs," 2 May 2018 Those who advocate consuming crickets point out that insects are better at converting feed to protein compared to larger livestock. — Sylvain Charlebois, Smithsonian, "Why Canada Wants You to Know You’re Eating Crickets," 20 Mar. 2018 Soldiers sometimes stole his family’s livestock, Mr. Ahmed said. — Niharika Mandhana, WSJ, "‘All Our Lives They Wanted to Ruin Us.’ For Decades, Myanmar Sought to Drive Out Rohingya," 23 Nov. 2018 While car strikes are a major cause of death, so too are depredation permits, which give people who lost livestock to a mountain lion permission to kill the cat. — Kimberly Veklerov, San Francisco Chronicle, "Orphaned mountain lion cubs at Oakland Zoo part of trend in California," 7 Jan. 2018

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