- longhorn
- noun Date: 1834 1. a. any of the long-horned cattle of Spanish derivation formerly common in southwestern United States b. Texas longhorn 2 2. a firm-textured usually mild cheese (as cheddar or Colby)
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Longhorn — may refer to:Animals: *Highland cattle, sometimes called Highland longhorn *Longhorn cattle, a traditional long horned brown and white breed of cattle *Texas longhorn (cattle) breed of cattle *Longhorn beetle, cosmopolitan family of beetles,… … Wikipedia
Longhorn — (Tsumagoi,Япония) Категория отеля: 2 звездочный отель Адрес: 377 1404 Gunma, Tsumagoi, Kanb … Каталог отелей
Longhorn — Long horn , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A long horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See {Long horned}. [1913 Webster] 2. The {Texas longhorn}. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Longhorn — ist: eine Rinderrasse, siehe Texanisches Longhorn der ehemalige Entwicklername von Microsoft Windows Vista Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe … Deutsch Wikipedia
Longhorn — [ lɔȖhɔːn], British Longhorn [ brɪtɪʃ ], Langhorn, in England gezüchtetes, braun, rot oder schwarz geschecktes Rind mit langen (weibliche Tiere bis 60 cm, männliche Tiere bis 1 m), im Bogen nach vorn schwingenden Hörnern und dichter Behaarung.… … Universal-Lexikon
longhorn — [lôŋ′hôrn΄] n. 1. any of a breed of long horned cattle raised in great numbers in the Southwest in the 19th cent. and later crossed with English stock to create improved beef and dairy breeds ☆ 2. a mild, typically orange colored Cheddar cheese,… … English World dictionary
longhorn — (adj.) also long horn, in reference to a type of cattle, 1808, from LONG (Cf. long) (adj.) + HORN (Cf. horn) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
Longhorn — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Longhorn peut désigner : le nom de code de Microsoft Windows Vista une race bovine : Texas Longhorn un barrage sur le fleuve Colorado dans la… … Wikipédia en Français
Longhorn — Names constructed with two apparently topographical elements have to be treated with considerable caution, and no more so than with this particular name. It is our opinion that Langhorn(e) and Langthorn(e) and Longhorn(e) and Longthorn(e) are the … Surnames reference
Longhorn — /lawng hawrn , long /, n. 1. (l.c.) See Texas longhorn. 2. Slang. a Texan. 3. (l.c.) See long horned beetle. 4. one of a nearly extinct English breed of beef cattle having long horns. [1825 35; LONG1 + HORN] * * * … Universalium
