MOO-COW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moo-cow mean? 

• MOO-COW (noun)
  The noun MOO-COW has 1 sense:

1. female of domestic cattle:

  Familiarity information: MOO-COW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOO-COW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Female of domestic cattle:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cow; moo-cow

Context example:

'moo-cow' is a child's term

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)