On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 19:01:03 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-01-11 6:55 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 1/11/2018 6:28 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:47:17 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>>> If you keep to the simple definition, it's basically a beef bull or cow
>>>> that's been trained to work.
>>>
>>> I guess the "beef bull" is the equivalent of the "pork pig" and the
>>> "mutton sheep".
>>>
>> Not really. Cattle are classified as 'beef cattle' or 'dairy cattle'.
>>
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>True. I know a few people around here who call their animals "beef".

People also call a cow a "beast" here. Could be Australian, but it's
probably originally UK English, like many old school Australian
expressions.