supercow

British

/ ˈsuːpəˌkaʊ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of supercow

C20

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supercow

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

I'd been eating supercow all my life, frozen or electron-beamed for transportation, and now I was discovering that I had never really eaten supercow before.

From Lone Star Planet by H. Beam Piper

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