shorthorn

noun

Any of a breed of beef or dairy cattle that originated in northern England, having short curved horns or no horns and a red, white, or roan coat.

noun

One of a breed of cattle having very short horns.

noun

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.

adjective

One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England.

adjective

Describing cattle that have distinctively short horns.

noun

One of a breed of cattle, originating in England, with distinctively short horns (in contrast to longhorn cattle).

noun

English breed of short-horned cattle