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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cow \Cow\, n.; pl {Cows} (kouz); old pl {Kine} (k[imac]n). [OE. cu cou, AS c[=u]; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo, Icel. k[=y]r, Dan. & Sw ko L. bos ox cow, Gr boy^s, Skr. g[=o]. [root]223. Cf {Beef}, {Bovine}, {Bucolic}, {Butter}, {Nylghau}.] 1. The mature female of bovine animals. 2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cows n : domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age: "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" [syn: {cattle}, {kine}, {oxen}, {Bos taurus}]
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