Cattle-tick
a dark brown tick, Boophilus annulatus, that infests cattle and is a vector for parasitic diseases of cattle, as babesiosis.
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- Cattle truck
noun a railway wagon designed for carrying livestock US and Canadian equivalent stock car Historical Examples
- Cattle-cake
noun concentrated food for cattle in the form of cakes
- Cattle-grid
noun a grid of metal bars covering a hollow or hole dug in a roadway, intended to prevent the passage of livestock while allowing vehicles, etc, to pass unhindered
- Cattle-stop
noun (NZ) a grid of metal bars covering a hollow or hole dug in a roadway, intended to prevent the passage of livestock while allowing vehicles, etc, to pass unhindered Also called (in Britain and other countries) cattle-grid
- Cattleduffer
a cattle thief.