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The oldest known figurative painting—thought to depict a wild cowlike animal—was found in a Bornean cave and dated to at least 40,000 years ago.

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

With exascale computers, though, astronomers s Habib can simulate a larger volume of space, using more cowlike physics, in higher definition.

From Scientific American • Feb. 9, 2023

Yaks are shaggy, majestic, cowlike creatures native to the Himalayas.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2014

Then Albert Avellar, a Provincetown skipper, noticed that the tourists he was taking out fishing were more fascinated by the big blubbery cowlike things than by the fi sh.

From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2013

As the day of the full moon dawned and blossomed, her restlessness turned into something more, well, cowlike.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood