udder

[ uhd-er ]

/ ˈʌd ər /

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noun

a mamma or mammary gland, especially when baggy and with more than one teat, as in cows.

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Origin of udder

before 1000; Middle English uddre, Old English ūder; cognate with German Euter, Latin ūber, Greek oûthar, Sanskrit ū́dhar

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Examples from the Web for udder

If the milk does not come with facility, they beat the udder very hard with their hands; which causes a greater flow.
Lachesis Lapponica|Carl von Linn
A cow that is fresh can be judged as to ability to produce good milk from all four quarters of the udder in adequate amount.
A Living from the Land|William B. Duryee
They attach themselves by preference to the tender skin on the escutcheon, the inside of the thighs, and on the base of the udder.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle|U.S. Department of Agriculture
The cow benefits its owner by means of the udder: but what fills the udder?
Phallic Miscellanies|Hargrave Jennings

Then tie the thick part of one to the thin part of the other, and roast the tongue and udder together.
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,|Mary Eaton

British Dictionary definitions for udder

udder

/ (ˈʌdə) /

noun

the large baglike mammary gland of cows, sheep, etc, having two or more teats

Word Origin for udder

Old English ūder; related to Old High German ūtar, Old Norse jūr, Latin ūber, Sanskrit ūdhar

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Word Origin and History for udder

udder

Old English udder "milk gland of a cow, goat, etc.," from Proto-Germanic *udr- (cf. Old Frisian and Middle Dutch uder, Old High German utar, German Euter, and, with unexplained change of consonant, Old Norse jugr), from PIE *udhr- (cf. Sanskrit udhar, Greek outhar, Latin uber "udder").