sow
/saʊ/A full-grown female pig that has had a litter.
Example: The sow rolled onto her side in the straw and grunted.
B216 words · Upper-intermediate
Farm Animals vocabulary — B2
Precise farming vocabulary that gives livestock their proper names, from the sow, ewe and stallion to a heifer, along with terms like fodder and graze.
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16ewe
/ju/A female sheep, the one that gives birth in spring.
Example:
Each ewe has a blue spot sprayed on her back.
stallion
/ˈstæljən/An adult male horse kept for breeding.
Example:
A black stallion was being led round the ring on a short rein.
mare
/mɛr/An adult female horse, especially one kept for breeding.
Example:
The grey mare had won three races that season.
livestock
/ˈlaɪvˌstɑk/Farm animals kept together for meat, milk or wool.
Example:
Heavy rain left the farmer moving livestock to higher ground.
poultry
/ˈpoʊltri/Birds such as hens and ducks kept for their eggs and meat.
Example:
The butcher sells beef, lamb and fresh poultry.
heifer
/ˈhaɪfər/A young cow that has not yet had a calf.
Example:
He bought a heifer at the spring market.
gander
/ˈɡændər/A male goose.
Example:
The gander hissed and chased us out of the yard.
drake
/dreɪk/A male duck.
Example:
A drake led the ducklings across the pond.
gelding
A male horse that can no longer breed.
Example:
She rides a grey gelding at the weekend.
colt
/koʊlt/A young male horse that is not yet fully grown.
Example:
The colt was too nervous to let anyone near him.
cockerel
A young male chicken kept on a farm.
Example:
A cockerel woke the whole village at half past four.
brood
/brud/All the young birds that hatch from one set of eggs at the same time.
Example:
The hen kept her brood close to the henhouse all afternoon.
pedigree
/ˈpɛdəɡri/A written record of the ancestors of a dog, horse or other animal.
Example:
The breeder produced a pedigree going back five generations.
fodder
/ˈfɑdər/Dried food such as hay or straw that is given to farm animals.
Example:
They stacked enough fodder in the barn to last the whole winter.
graze
/ɡreɪz/To eat grass slowly while walking around a field.
Example:
The sheep graze on the hillside from spring until October.
