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Examples
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Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually exhausted.
Artichoke Christian Bell 2010
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The poor herdbeast, once all-powerful, now all alone, rejected by his kind.
The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996
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He could hear himself snuffling like a sick herdbeast.
The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996
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Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually ex - hausted.
Nerilka's Story McCaffrey, Anne 1986
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Ah well, there were more ways of skinning a herdbeast than shaving him with a table-knife.
Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979
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Certainly Ramoth with her yellow flashing eyes and restless foot-shifting, wing-rustling, was a far picture from the gentle concern female herdbeast or runners showed their offspring.
Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979
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Ah well, there were more ways of skinning a herdbeast than shaving him with a table-knife.
Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979
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Certainly Ramoth with her yellow flashing eyes and restless foot-shifting, wing-rustling, was a far picture from the gentle concern female herdbeast or runners showed their offspring.
Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979
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Five drudges, two of them women in such grimy brown-gray rags that F'lar hoped they had had nothing to do with the preparation of the meal, staggered in under the emplattered herdbeast.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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The yelping canines were already lashed to the spitrun, turning a scrawny herdbeast that had been set to roast.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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