Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The fifth Linnean order of Mammalia, composed of the genera Camelus, Moschus, Cervus, Capra, Ovis, and Bos; the ruminant or artiodactyl mammals, later called
Ruminantia and (with a little extension) Artiodactyla. The name is still in use.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) An extensive division of ruminants, including the antelopes, deer, and cattle.
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Dum foventsua pecora subito diva percipiunt monita:
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Dum foventsua pecora subito diva percipiunt monita:
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Quidam mugitus boum aemulantur, et pecora se putant, ut
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Deos omnes illis infensos diceres: tam pannosi, famefracti, tot assidue malis afficiuntur, tanquam pecora quibus splendor rationis emortuus.
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Immolavit lecta pecora ter mille Delphis, una cum lectis phialis tribus.
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Et inter tot pecora et armenta non potest esse quin multa animalia moriantur.
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Munsterus fort� pecorum pasium, ipsa pecora ad pastum hominum mactata appellet: cui, vt existimo, vsus Romanorum refragatur, qui, vt homines vesci, ita pecora pasci docuit: homin鷐que victum pecorum autem, pastum et pabulum vocari iussit.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Facil� dabimus multa, quibus homines, non mod� nostrates, sed vestrates quoque vescuntur, iumenta et pecora fort� non reijcere, si familiari pabulo destituantur.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Et inter tot pecora et armenta non potest esse quin multa animalia moriantur.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Item si cadit ignis de coelo super pecora, vel super homines, quod ibidem s鎝e contingit, siue aliquid talium euenerit eis, per quod immundos seu infortunatos se reputant, oportet similiter per incantatores mundari.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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