On Saturday we went out to "Fern-tucky" (Fernley, NV) to look at some houses. Tried a new chocolate soymilk that was actually better than the two I've previously tried. It's called "8th Continent".

Do you know your beast of burden terminology? I didn't, so I'm posting the following definitions that I have found (please note that various sources disagree with one another on certain animals, so don't blame me if you don't think something is quite right):
Equine
Equine:of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family
Equus:a genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc.
Foal:a horse of either sex, up to six months of age (a baby horse)
Weanling:a horse of either sex, between six months and one year
Yearling:a horse of either sex, between one and two years of age
Colt:a male ungelded horse ages 2-4 years old
Filly:a female horse ages 2-4 years old
Mare:a mature female horse, four years or older
Stallion:a mature ungelded male horse, four years or older
Gelding:a castrated male horse
Pony:a horse not exceeding 14.2 hands high (roughly 4 feet, 9 inches)
Brood Mare (or broodmare):a mare used exclusively for breeding/foaling purposes
Dam:a mother horse
Stud:a stallion kept for breeding
Mustang:a wild horse of the American West
Sire:a father horse
Pinto:a horse with large patches of white and another color
Purebred:A horse whose recent ancestors are of the same breed; not to be confused with Thoroughbred, which is a breed
Feral:Domesticated animal that went back to a wild state
Bronc (or bronco):originally applied to an unbroken feral horse; the term now is used to describe horses used in rodeo events
Steed:A horse, especially a spirited horse for state of war; -- used chiefly in poetry or stately prose. 'A knight upon his noble steed.'
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Equus asinus
Ass:any of several hardy gregarious African or Asian perissodactyl mammals (genus Equus) smaller than the horse and having long ears; especially : an African mammal (E. asinus) that is the ancestor of the donkey
Jack (or jackass):a male donkey
Donkey:another name for the domestic ass
Jennet (or jenny):a female donkey
John:a castrated male donkey or mule
Molly:a female mule. Note: The vast majority of mules can not have foals!
Mule:a hybrid offspring resulting from the breeding of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare). Nearly all mules are sterile (with a few RARE exceptions)
Hinny (or hinney):the hybrid sterile offspring resulting from the breeding of a female donkey (jennet) and a male horse (stallion)
Bovine
Bovine:any of a subfamily (Bovinae) of bovids including oxen, bison, buffalo, and their close relatives
Bovid:any of a family (Bovidae) of ruminants that have hollow unbranched permanently attached horns present in both sexes and that include antelopes, oxen, sheep, and goats
Cattle:bovine animals on a farm or ranch
Calf:a sexually immature young cow
Cow:a mature female with at least one calf
Heifer:a young female cow, especially one that has never had a calf
Muley:a hornless cow
Ox:a domestic bovine mammal (Bos taurus); broadly : a bovine mammal, or an adult castrated male domestic ox
Oxen:working cattle, male or female; plurel of ox
Weanling:a weaned calf
Bull:an uncastrated male
Dogie:a motherless calf
Cattle:cows, oxen
Zebu:any of various breeds of domestic oxen developed in India that are often considered conspecific with the common ox (Bos taurus) or sometimes as a separate species (B. indicus) and are characterized by a large fleshy hump over the shoulders, a dewlap, pendulous ears, and marked resistance to the injurious effects of heat and insect attack
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