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    What is a gender-neutral name for 'cow'?

    Question #22975. Asked by sticky. (Oct 03 02 3:17 AM)


    mk2norwich

    		I have always considered a cow to be a cow, when referring to the animal in general. The only gender-inclusive term I'm aware of is the collective 'cattle'.

    Oct 03 02, 5:31 AM
    Gnomon

    		European bureacrats searched long and hard for such a gender-neutral term and decided that there isn't one. They invented the term 'bovine animal'.

    Oct 03 02, 7:09 AM
    Nairb

    		Chambers Dictionary provides the following definition for 'neat': noun an ox, cow, bull, etc



    Oct 03 02, 4:39 PM

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