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A steer is a castrated male that is raised for its meat

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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.


What is the Homograph of type of cattle and turn or direct?

steer


What is a male bull called?

A neutered sheep is typically called a wether.


What is the feminine gender of steer?

There is no such thing as a female steer. A steer will forever and always be known as a castrated male bovine. Intact (uncastrated) male bovines are bulls, and intact (uncastrated) mature female bovines are cows. Heifers are female (intact) bovines that have not had a calf. Spayed heifers are heifers that have been "castrated" or repro tracts removed surgically.


Which animal gives us beef cow sheep pig?

The cow's or steer's meat is beef; the sheep's meat is lamb or mutton; the pig's meat is pork.


What is female beef called?

A cow. Male = bull Female = cow Castrated male = steer


What is the homonym for steer?

The word "steer" as a verb means to guide the movement of something (especially a vehicle); the word "steer" as a noun means a male cow raised for its meat.


What type a cow is a steer?

A steer is a bull that has been neutered so he cannot produce offspring. In horses, the equivalent is the gelding.


Is a horse a herding animal?

yes, they herd cows, sheep, steer, deer, and anything els you can herd.


A steer or ox are called what?

A steer if referring to a castrated bovine raised for beef, or an ox if referring to a castrated, usually horned bovine used for draft.


What is a cow raised mainly for its meat?

A beef cow or a beef steer (castrated male bovine).


What are some example of feminine and masculine words of an animals?

These words distinguish between male and female animals. The words are neither masculine nor feminine, however, because there is no gender in the English noun. cow - bull/steer =male, cow = female (steer is a castrated male) deer - stag=male, doe=female sheep - ram/wether=male, ewe=female (wether is castrated male cat - tom=male, queen=female dog - dog=male, bitch=female horse - stallion=male, mare=female chicken - rooster or cock=male, pullet or hen=female duck - drake=male, duck=female fox-vixen goose-gander cob-pen (swans) jenny-jack ( donkeys)