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supercow

British  
/ ˈsuːpəˌkaʊ /

noun

  1. a dairy cow that produces a very high milk yield as a result of selective breeding or genetic modification

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of supercow

C20

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Along a highway through Brazil’s heartland, Viatina-19’s owners have put up two billboards praising her grandeur and beckoning people to make pilgrimages to see the supercow.

From Seattle Times Jun. 4, 2024

Along a highway through Brazil’s heartland, Viatina-19’s owners have put up two billboards praising her grandeur and beckoning ranchers, curious locals and busloads of veterinary students to make pilgrimages to see the supercow.

From Seattle Times Jun. 3, 2024

One unlikely consequence was his effort to develop a Cuban supercow.

From New York Times Nov. 26, 2016

Some of the fanciful creatures mentioned in the story actually exist, as, for example, the supercow and the micropig, not to mention many of the genetically modified crops we consume.

From The New Yorker Oct. 31, 2016

They also found supercow, a big mammal looking like the unsuccessful attempt of a hippopotamus to impersonate a dachshund and about the size of a nuclear-steam locomotive.

From Lone Star Planet by Piper, H. Beam

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