smallstock

English

Noun

smallstock pl (plural only)

1. (Botswana) Domesticated and farmed animals other than cows (commonly sheep, goats and pigs).
   • 1991, Solomon Bekure, “Livestock transactions, food consumption and household budgets”, in Maasai Herding: An Analysis of the Livestock Production System of Maasai Pastoralists in Eastern Kajiado District, Kenya:

     Pastoral systems in East Africa are dual operations which produce milk for subsistence and beef cattle and smallstock for sale.

Hypernyms

• livestock