Shorthorn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of a breed of beef or dairy cattle that originated in northern England, having short curved horns or no horns and usually red, white, or roan in color. Also called Durham2.
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  • adj. Describing cattle that have distinctively short horns.
  • n. One of a breed of cattle, originating in England, with distinctively short horns (in contrast to longhorn cattle).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of a breed of cattle having very short horns.
  • n. A new-comer; a greenhorn: as resembling a steer which, on account of the shortness of its horns, is not able to defend itself: opposed to longhorn.
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  • n. English breed of short-horned cattle
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