farm animal
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- noun
- /fɑrm ˈænɪməl/
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animal de granja
- The commotion was such that all the farm animals were roused and compelled by their curiosity to watch.
- antibiotics for farm animals
- dosing of farm animals
- subtherapeutic dosing of farm animals
Ours was the only organization that championed farm animal issues.
- Ours was the only organization that championed farm animal issues.
- But when it comes to non human animals, particularly farm animals or farmed animals, I should say pigs and cows, it's just like an off switch.
- But it's really good for people, for subsistence farmers in rainforests that are no longer going to be burned down to grow soy for farm animals.
- They have cows, sheeps, goats, chickens, alpaca, farm animals, and those farm animals, horses.
- And that's because there's so many places that have cows, sheep's, horses, rabbits, goats, you name it, farm animals, they poop.
- All things, people, farm animals, things, you might say, well, these are sort of generic themselves, aren't they?
Examples
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I practiced for about an hour in the hayloft, with nobody to bother me but the farm animals.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Transporting farm animals is one of the most stressful practices for dairy calves," Eicher says.
Academic text (2005) -
Yes, if we need farm animals, we'll use them too.
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We keep our farm animals in the farm, not in the house.
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Every year over 50 million farm animals are raised and killed for meat production in Brazil alone.
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Several of the travel group members reported that farm animals and horses were located on the premises.
Academic text (2008) -
Over time, the amount of antibiotics needed to promote growth in farm animals has increased significantly.
Academic text (2000) -
The National Resource Council has identified other potential economic benefits of allowing the subtherapeutic dosing of farm animals.
Academic text (2000) -
The mode of transmission of M. bovis from these farm animals to man is likely to be aerosolization of infected particles.
Academic text (1992) -
On the farm, children enjoy feeding the farm animals such as cows and chickens.
Synonyms
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Animals like cows, sheep and pigs raised on a farm for food or work
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an animal that is kept on a farm' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'farm' (a place where agriculture/animal husbandry occurs) with 'animal' (a living creature). This straightforward noun–noun compound follows a common cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Farm animal is a simple name for an animal that lives on a farm, like cows, sheep, or chickens kept for milk, eggs, meat, or help with work. So it means an animal a farmer keeps 'for use or profit'.