angus

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an area of northeastern Scotland that was a county until 1975 and is now a council area (= an area with its own local government):

Much of Angus is taken up by fertile farmland, famous for fruit-growing and for Aberdeen Angus cattle.

a type of black cow, originally bred in Scotland, that is kept for its high-quality meat, or the meat from this cow:

For most of the year, a herd of black Angus cows graze the 15 pastures across the farmland.

Of the 196 Angus cattle tested at the initial screening, a total of two per cent tested positive for E. coli.

The Charolais are a "late-maturing" breed, which means that the Angus reach slaughtering age earlier than the Charolais.

Her company sells premium Angus beef to Japan.