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("head"), and thus originally meant "unit of livestock" or "one head." the word is closely related to "chattel" (a unit of property) and to "capital" in the sense of "property." older english sources, such as the king james version of the bible , refer to livestock in general as "cattle," and cattle
other animals, such as whales or elephants , are also called cows). to refer to a specific number of these animals without specifying their gender, it must be stated as (for example) ten head of cattle. some australian , canadian , new zealand , and scottish farmers use the term cattlebeast or simply...
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