cow

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Significado (inglés)

1. An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
2. (informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.
3. Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
4. Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
5. A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
6. (informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
7. A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
8. (slang) A third-year cadet at West Point.
9. (slang) A fish that is very large for its species, such as a large striped bass or large bluefin tuna.

cattle

young cow

domestic animals

milch-cow

roundbelly cowfish

cowfish

meat

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bully into

domestic cattle

many-spined cow fish

kangaroo bar

roo bar

broadie

broadey

sookey

seal cow

beef cattle

Frecuencia

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kaʊ/

From Middle English cou, cu, from Old English cū (“cow”), from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). Cognate with Sanskrit गौ (gow), Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Persian گاو (gâv)), Latvian govs (“cow”), Proto-Slavic *govędo (Serbo-Croatian govedo, Russian говядина (govjadina) ("beef")), Scots coo (“cow”), North Frisian ko, kø (“cow”), West Frisian ko (“cow”), Dutch koe (“cow”), Low German Koh, Koo, Kau (“cow”), German Kuh (“cow”), Swedish ko (“cow”), Norwegian ku (“cow”), Icelandic kýr (“cow”), Latin bōs (“ox, bull, cow”), Armenian կով (kov, “cow”). Doublet of beef. The plural kine is from Middle English kyne, kyn, kuin, kiin, kien (“cows”), either a double plural of Middle English ky, kye (“cows”), equivalent to modern kye + -en, or inherited from Old English cȳna (“cows', of cows”), genitive plural of cū (“cow”).