Simmental

Also Simmen·thal,

[zim-uhn-tahl]

noun

1. one of a large breed of cattle, yellowish-brown to red and white, originally of Switzerland, used for milk and beef and as a draft animal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Simmental¹

First recorded in 1905–10; after Simmental, the valley of the river Simme, Bern canton, Switzerland

Example Sentences

At home, Diehl and her family raise boer goats and Simmental cows.

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Listings on offer on Tudder on Monday included pedigree Welsh Black cows from a farm in Conwy, Holstein Friesian heifers from County Cork in Ireland and pedigree Simmental breeding heifers in Oxfordshire.

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His opposition comes even though he stands to benefit financially: He doesn't cut the horns of his own Simmental cows.

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The class also includes Top Hand, a Simmental Charolais bull from Beach.

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The scattered cattle — a motley assemblage of breeds, including creamy Charolais, hump-shouldered Brahman and Simmental — coalesced into a driven herd, lumbering old bulls and skittering calves, lining up along a rutted dirt road and heading toward what is usually a narrow creek, but which was now more than 150 feet across.

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