Crops

English translation: the portion of the backbone and surrounding flesh...

10:48 Feb 19, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
English term or phrase: Crops
Parts of the True Type Dairy Cow
Crops, Barrel, Hip, Rear Ribs, Back
See picture:
http://www.holstein.ca/english/Breed/images/partse_lg.jpg
Doroteja
Latvia
Local time: 19:08
Selected answer:the portion of the backbone and surrounding flesh...
Explanation:
just behind the withers of a cow

according to the following definition:

4[2crop] a: the part of the chine of a quadruped (as a domestic cow) lying immediately behind the withers —usually used in plural — see cow illustration
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crops

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-02-19 13:13:23 GMT)
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By the way, if you look at the English and French versions of the judging tips on your Holstein site, you'll see that the French term used as equivalent to 'crops' is 'à l’arrière de l’épaule'.

http://www.holstein.ca/francais/Shows/Judge/pages/frames.htm...
http://www.holstein.ca/English/Shows/Judge/comparing.html
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Ken Cox
Local time: 18:08
Grading comment
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4shoulder blade or scapula
Gina Ferlisi
3the portion of the backbone and surrounding flesh...
Ken Cox


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crops
shoulder blade or scapula


Explanation:
think it is this

Gina Ferlisi
Local time: 18:08
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
crops
the portion of the backbone and surrounding flesh...


Explanation:
just behind the withers of a cow

according to the following definition:

4[2crop] a: the part of the chine of a quadruped (as a domestic cow) lying immediately behind the withers —usually used in plural — see cow illustration
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crops

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-02-19 13:13:23 GMT)
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By the way, if you look at the English and French versions of the judging tips on your Holstein site, you'll see that the French term used as equivalent to 'crops' is 'à l’arrière de l’épaule'.

http://www.holstein.ca/francais/Shows/Judge/pages/frames.htm...
http://www.holstein.ca/English/Shows/Judge/comparing.html


Ken Cox
Local time: 18:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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