neatbeast

English

Etymology

neat (“bovine animal”) +‎ beast

Noun

neatbeast (plural neatbeasts)

1. (archaic, regional) A domesticated bovine animal (cow, bull, steer etc).

Usage notes

The plural neatbeasts is used when referring to several individual beasts, while neat is used when referring to a herd of them, collectively.

Synonyms

• (domesticated bovine animals): beef, Bos (scientific), bovine, cattlebeast, cattlehead, neat, kine