# Farm Animals Upper Intermediate

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- CEFR: B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- Theme: Nature & Environment
- Words: 16
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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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## Word list

* **sow** /saʊ/: A full-grown female pig that has had a litter. — “The **sow** rolled onto her side in the straw and grunted.”
* **ewe** /ju/: A female sheep, the one that gives birth in spring. — “Each **ewe** has a blue spot sprayed on her back.”
* **stallion** /ˈstæljən/: An adult male horse kept for breeding. — “A black **stallion** was being led round the ring on a short rein.”
* **mare** /mɛr/: An adult female horse, especially one kept for breeding. — “The grey **mare** had won three races that season.”
* **livestock** /ˈlaɪvˌstɑk/: Farm animals kept together for meat, milk or wool. — “Heavy rain left the farmer moving **livestock** to higher ground.”
* **poultry** /ˈpoʊltri/: Birds such as hens and ducks kept for their eggs and meat. — “The butcher sells beef, lamb and fresh **poultry**.”
* **heifer** /ˈhaɪfər/: A young cow that has not yet had a calf. — “He bought a **heifer** at the spring market.”
* **gander** /ˈɡændər/: A male goose. — “The **gander** hissed and chased us out of the yard.”
* **drake** /dreɪk/: A male duck. — “A **drake** led the ducklings across the pond.”
* **gelding**: A male horse that can no longer breed. — “She rides a grey **gelding** at the weekend.”
* **colt** /koʊlt/: A young male horse that is not yet fully grown. — “The **colt** was too nervous to let anyone near him.”
* **cockerel**: A young male chicken kept on a farm. — “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. — “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. — “The breeder produced a **pedigree** going back five generations.”
* **fodder** /ˈfɑdər/: Dried food such as hay or straw that is given to farm animals. — “They stacked enough **fodder** in the barn to last the whole winter.”
* **graze** /ɡreɪz/: To eat grass slowly while walking around a field. — “The sheep **graze** on the hillside from spring until October.”

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