farm animals

Cows, pigs, chickens

Farm animals are domesticated species raised on farms for agricultural purposes—typically livestock like cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and chickens kept for meat, milk, eggs, or wool.

The term often carries connotations of rustic simplicity or educational contexts: The children learned about farm animals at the petting zoo.

In figurative use, treating people like farm animals suggests reducing them to commodities.

Related

rabbit · cow · dairy cow · calf · guinea fowl · cattle · sow · pig pen · livestock · gander · horses · pack animal · pigs · alpaca · mule · donkey · geese · ram

Categories
Opposites
domestication and human relationship

farm animalswild animals

Undomesticated fauna

wildlife · wild beasts · feral animals · savanna animals · game animals

purpose and function

farm animalscompanion animals

Domesticated creatures kept for company

pets · exotic pets · lap dogs · service animals · laboratory animals

Family

farm, farming, farmer, animals, agriculture, farmland, farmed, farmhouse, farmyard

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G