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MOO-COW

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Female of domestic cattle:

Example:

'moo-cow' is a child's term

Synonyms:

cow; moo-cow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("moo-cow" is a kind of...):

Bos taurus; cattle; cows; kine; oxen (domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age)

Meronyms (parts of "moo-cow"):

bag; udder (mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats))

poll (the part of the head between the ears)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moo-cow"):

springer; springing cow (a cow about to give birth)

heifer (young cow)

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