cow
noun
the mature female of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos.
Example Sentences
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Members of the Amish community call the county home, riding horse-drawn buggies and operating farms with chickens, pigs, cows and horses on their properties just outside of the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
I spent the summer watching farmers install showers for cows, watch their cauliflowers burn to a crisp in the heat, and search for apples in cider orchards reduced to a tenth of their normal crop.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
"The project is so massive that it's basically hard to really grasp, even though we're right here on the sidelines," Pitkanen said, as a few cows dozed in a meadow in front of the barn.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
To recreate the extinct antimicrobial peptide, Sil began by comparing lactoferrin gene sequences from living species such as humans and cows.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Gaunt, hopeless cows stood unmilked in the field.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
