Fewer around livestock (3)
I believe the answer is:
ewe
'livestock' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'fewer around' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates a hidden word.
'EWE' is hidden in the letters of 'fewer'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ewe that I've seen before include "Female ovine" , "Lamb's dam" , "Lamb's mother" , "Partner to ram" , "Female bleater" .)