cow's milk

  • 101Milk Ocean —    Between cosmic eras, Lord VISHNU is said to lie asleep on a couch made of the great snake Adishe sha, who in turns floats upon a primordial ocean of milk. This ocean appears in another well known Hindu myth: the churning of the MILK OCEAN by… …

    Encyclopedia of Hinduism

  • 102milk —    The care of cows, milking, and butter making were surrounded by multiple magical precautions and fears, presumably because they were subject to difficulties which were poorly understood. Various diseases could cause cows to yield bloody milk,… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 103cow pool — noun A collective of people organized to purchase a live beef cow, contract the animals slaughter, and share in the cuts of beef. One of the newest dairy developments is the so called cow pool. A number of these arrangements have sprung up in… …

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  • 104Cow hoof — A cow hoof is cloven, or divided, into two approximately equal parts, usually called claws.[1] Lameness Approximately 95% of lameness in dairy cattle occurs in the feet.[1] Lameness in dairy cows can reduce milk production and fertility, and… …

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  • 105milk*/*/*/ — [mɪlk] noun [U] I 1) a white liquid that women and female animals produce to feed their babies. People drink the milk of cows, goats, and sheep and use it in cooking a carton/glass of milk[/ex] 2) a white liquid that some plants produce II verb… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 106cow — 1 noun (C) 1 a large female animal that is kept on farms and produces milk compare bull 1 (1) 2 a male or female animal of this type 3 the female of some large land and sea animals, such as the elephant or the whale 4 BrE spoken an impolite way… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 107milk — 1. noun /mɪlk,mɪɫk/ a) A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as… …

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  • 108milk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. extract; extort, bleed; get the most out of, exploit; interrogate, question, play for all it s worth (inf.). See extraction, stealing, liquefaction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fluid, juice, whey, sap;… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 109milk —   Waiū (Cf. Haw. Eng. entry and entries that follow it).    ♦ Milk cow, pipi waiū.    ♦ To milk, uwī, uwī waiū.    ♦ To pinch or squeeze in milking, pikipiki, uwī …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 110milk vein — noun Date: 1743 a large subcutaneous vein that extends along the lower side of the abdomen of a cow and returns blood from the udder see cow illustration …

    New Collegiate Dictionary