longhorn
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- noun
- /ˈlɔːŋhɔrn/
- US
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Texas longhorn
- Visitors to Texas often enjoy observing the longhorn breed with their impressive horns.
- Texas longhorn
Everyone has horses and cows and Longhorns and I'm like, which is great.
- Everyone has horses and cows and Longhorns and I'm like, which is great.
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2,000 head of longhorn.
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I have several horses, dogs, birds, cats, and two longhorn cows as pets. I love and adore them endlessly!
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One day... ...Bill was loading cattle onto this stock car... ...and one longhorn got away.
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But longhorns are hard to come by these days.
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Longhorns are gonna have a good team this year.
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Then there's the longhorn skull in his garage.
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The longhorn bull.
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And thus Camp Bevo, named for the University of Texas longhorn mascot, was born.
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Some cattle grow massive horns like these Texas Longhorns, and others like this Angus are naturally hornless, A trait known as pulled.
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At the ranch, the longhorn cattle grazed peacefully under the hot sun.
Synonyms
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A large type of cattle with very long curved horns kept for meat
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Etymology
The word longhorn is made of long and horn, literally 'long' + 'horn'. It names a type of cow from the American southwest, the Texas longhorn, known for very long, curved horns, which is why the name fits.