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| animal husbandry |
the science or practice of raising and breeding domestic animals, such as livestock. |
| ass |
a mammal with long legs and hooves that is closely related to the horse. A donkey is a domestic ass. Asses look like horses but are smaller and have longer ears. Wild asses live in Africa and Asia and are in danger of becoming extinct. [1/2 definitions] |
| aurochs |
an extinct wild ox once common in northern Africa, Europe, and western Asia, and probably an ancestor of domestic cattle. [1/2 definitions] |
| blackhead |
a malignant, infectious, and often fatal disease of the liver and intestines of domestic and wild fowl. [1/3 definitions] |
| boatswain |
a warrant officer on a warship, or in domestic service a petty officer responsible for a ship's gear such as rigging, anchors, and the like. |
| budgerigar |
a brightly colored Australian parakeet, bred as a domestic pet. |
| cat1 |
any of the larger wild animals related to the domestic cat, such as the tiger, lion, or bobcat. [1/4 definitions] |
| cattle |
large, four-legged, plant-eating animals, including cows, bulls, and other domestic bovines, kept for milk or meat. |
| cochin |
one of a large Asiatic breed of domestic fowl with thickly feathered legs. |
| cockerel |
a young domestic rooster. |
| cow1 |
an adult female of a bovine animal, esp. the domestic farm animal kept or raised for its milk or meat. [1/2 definitions] |
| cowpea |
an annual vine plant that bears long seed pods, grown in the southern United States as feed for domestic animals and as a fertilizer. [1/2 definitions] |
| domesticate |
to make accustomed to domestic life. [1/2 definitions] |
| domesticity |
the state of being accustomed to domestic life. [2 definitions] |
| donkey |
a sturdy domestic animal that resembles a horse but is smaller and has longer ears; ass. [1/3 definitions] |
| fantail |
any of various breeds of domestic pigeons or goldfish having wide fan-shaped tails. [1/3 definitions] |
| fatling |
a young domestic animal such as a calf or lamb, fattened for slaughter. |
| feline |
of or pertaining to the family of cats, both domestic and wild. [1/3 definitions] |
| fold2 |
a fenced or walled enclosure where sheep or other domestic animals are kept. [2/4 definitions] |
| fowl |
a bird such as a chicken that is raised for its eggs or meat. Ducks, geese, and turkeys are also domestic fowl. [2 definitions] |
| help |
an employee or employees collectively, esp. domestic servants. [1/13 definitions] |
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