Twice in contact with cattle (5)
I believe the answer is:
bison
'cattle' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'twice in contact with' is the wordplay.
'twice' becomes 'bis' (musical direction meaning to play a second time).
'in contact with' becomes 'on' (to be on something is to be touching it).
'bis'+'on'='BISON'
(Other definitions for bison that I've seen before include "Large shaggy wild ox" , "Buffalo (US)" , "US prairie cattle" , "brute" , "Wild cow" .)