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FARM ANIMAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does farm animal mean? 

FARM ANIMAL (noun)
  The noun FARM ANIMAL has 1 sense:

1. any animals kept for use or profitplay

  Familiarity information: FARM ANIMAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FARM ANIMAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any animals kept for use or profit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

farm animal; livestock; stock

Hypernyms ("farm animal" is a kind of...):

eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Domain member category:

carry (be able to feed)


 Context examples 


The vast majority of Herding dogs, as household pets, never cross paths with a farm animal.

(Herding Breed, NCI Thesaurus)



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