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Cattle is the word to describe a group of bovine, while cow is a mature female bovine that has had at least two calves.

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No it does not. Cattle refers to more than one bovine regardless of sex, age, breed or weight; Domestic cow is a colloquial term referring to a bovine regardless of sex, age, breed or weight.

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