Moo! (was: The Birds and the Bees of Gender)

Joshua Shinavier wrote:

> > Yes it can!  I've seen it used before for sheep!  I remember seeing it in
> > Edith Hamilton's Mythology, where Ajax (I think) goes mad and slaughters a
> > herd of Greek sheep.  "...the poor cattle, slain to no purpose by his hand..."
> Then again, I also remember the line "...flocks and herds of the Greeks..."
> Maybe "cattle" can be used for both?
The Chambers Dictionary imparts:

cattle - bovine mammals of the genus _Bos_, esp. oxen, bulls, and cows;
domesticated mammals including oxen, etc. and also horses, sheep, etc.
(archaic)

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