small livestock
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- noun
- /smɔl ˈlaɪvˌstɔk/
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ganado menor
- In urban areas, people often keep small livestock such as ducks and pigeons in their backyards.
- cattle and small livestock
Examples
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Many farmers choose to raise small livestock like chickens and rabbits for additional income.
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There are many types of small livestock to consider.
Blog text (4) -
Gardens, raising small livestock, having items or skills to barter, we will all need these, and more likely, sooner than we want.
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Sedentism, gardening, and part-time herding of small livestock connote dependency and servitude.
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Raising small livestock can be a rewarding hobby, providing both companionship and food.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective+noun composition where 'small' modifies 'livestock', so the meaning 'domesticated animals of relatively small size' is directly inferable from the constituent words. This compositional, cross-linguistically common pattern follows standard English modifiers and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Small livestock comes from plain farm language: farmers grouped livestock by size and used small for animals like chickens, ducks, and rabbits kept near the house. That's why it means 'farm animals that are small in size'.