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noun

Domesticated and farmed animals other than cows (commonly sheep, goats and pigs).

Scrabble 18

Meanings

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  1. Botswanapluralplural onlyDomesticated and farmed animals other than cows (commonly sheep, goats and pigs).

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

    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
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