Cows

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]
     [1913 Webster]


     1. The mature female of bovine animals.
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     2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals,
        etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cows \cows\ n. pl. [pl. of cow.]
     domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or
     age; as, wait till the cows come home.
  
     Syn: cattle, kine, oxen, Bos taurus.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]