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What are the 4 terms for the genders or altered states of the gender for cattle?
Cow: mature female bovine that has had at least two calves Bull: mature intact male bovine Heifer: immature female bovine that has never had a calf Steer: castrated/altered male bovine Spayed heifer: altered female bovine
What is a steer and an ox?
A steer is a castrated male bovine (or bull) that is raised for meat. An ox is a castrated male bovine (can also be female too) that is trained and used for pulling carts, wagons, plows, etc.
Masculine faminine of animal names?
A male bovine is a bull, and a female is a cow. A male peafowl is called a peacock, and a female is a peahen.
What is the opposite gender of ox?
An ox is a neutered male bovine. The opposite gender to an ox is a female bovine, commonly known as a cow.
What is another word for cow?
Heifer - a female-young cow A bovine - any member of the species, male or female.
Do bovine and steers have utters?
"Bovine" refers to cattle in general. A cow is a female bovine that has reproduced or had a calf which is a baby bovine. A cow does have an udder because she has to feed her calf. Also a heifer has an udder; a heifer is a two-year old female bovine that has not yet produced a calf. After she produces her first calf she is then considered a cow. Cows and heifers are the only bovine with an udder. Steers are male bovine that have been castrated or have had their testicles cut off, so they cannot reproduce. Bulls are male bovine that are used in reproduction.
Can a heifer be male?
Definitely not. Heifers are young female bovines, never male. The opposite of a heifer would be a young bull, which is a young male bovine.
What is a male cow's offspring called?
There is no such thing as a male cow. A cow is a mature female bovine that had had a calf, and a bull is an intact male bovine. So the young offspring of a bull and cow is a calf.
What is a female cow called?
A "female cow" is a mature female bovine that has had at least one or two calves. A cow is only female, never either male or female.
What are male and female cattle called?
There is no such thing as a female bullock. A bullock is another name for a steer, and even so there is no such thing as a female steer. However, a female unsexed bovine is called a spayed heifer.
What is free Martin in cows?
A free-martin is a sterile female bovine who is a twin to a male bovine, sterilized in the womb by the hormones from the male. This occurs over ninety percent of the time when a mixed set of bovine twins is born. The occurrence of twins in cattle is less than 1 percent.
Are cattle female and male?
Yes. The word "cattle" is a general term that refers to more than one bovine, no matter the age, sex (male or female), breed or type of those bovines.
