| herd | 1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle. "The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea." (Gray) Herd is distinguished from flock, as being chiefly applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when driven to market, is called a drove. 2. A crowd of low people; a rabble. "But far more numerous was the herd of such who think too little and who talk too much." (Dryden) "You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question. <botany>" (Coleridge) Herd's grass, one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See Grass. Origin: OE. Herd, heord, AS. Heord; akin to OHG. Herta,G. Herde, Icel. Hjor, Sw. Hjord, Dan. Hiord, Goth. Hairda; cf. Skr. Cardha troop, host. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| herd immunity | <immunology> Resistance of a group to a pathogen due to immunity of a large proportion of the group to that pathogen. (09 Oct 1997) |
| herd instinct | Tendency or inclination to band together with and share the customs of others of a group, and to conform to the opinions and adopt the views of the group. Synonym: social instinct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| herderite | <chemical> A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals. Origin: Named after Baron von Herder, who discovered it. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| herdess | A shepherdess; a female herder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| herdswoman | A woman who tends a herd. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom" move together, like a herd a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra ruck: a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd" keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"
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A herd is a large group of animals. The term is usually applied to mammals, particularly ungulates. Other terms are used for similar phenomena in other types of animal. For example, a large group of birds is usually called as flock and a large group of carnivores is usually called a pack. In addition, special terms may be used for particular taxa: for example a flock of geese is sometimes called a gaggle. ...
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Resistance of a population to spread of an infectious organism due to the immunity of a high proportion of the population.
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A large group of grazing animals who occupy the same habitat. Mustangs form herds occasionally, usually when under pressure because of weather or when forced to by crowded conditions. Mustangs are not territorial, but nomadic, and are generally found in family units known as bands. Migratory animals, such as elk, form large herds only when moving from mountains to valleys in the fall.
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flock or large group of animals, as in: The younger elephants stayed in the center of the herd for protection.
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| herd | a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans |
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| herd | a group of wild animals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra |
| herd | a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things |
| herd | move together, like a herd |
| herd | cause to herd, drive, or crowd together |
| herd | keep, move, or drive animals |
| herd | grass with long cylindrical spikes frown in northern United States and Europe for hay |
| herd | someone who drives a herd |
| herd | German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803) |
| herd | (of birds and animals) tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind |
| herd | someone who drives a herd |
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