udder

[uhd-er]

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noun

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

Origin of udder

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

Can be confusedudder utter

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Related Words for udder

chest, bosom, nipple, front, bust, mammilla, teat

Examples from the Web for udder

Historical Examples of udder

If the udder of a milking cow becomes hard and painful, it should be fomented with warm water and rubbed with a gentle hand.
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,
Mary Eaton
The glandular forms by far the largest portion of the udder.
Cattle and Their Diseases
Robert Jennings
After calving, some cracks and sores appear in the udder; they get very troublesome.
Cattle and Cattle-breeders
William M'Combie
Garget in the udder, or weed, is also to be guarded against.
Cattle and Cattle-breeders
William M'Combie
You might say now, though, that the tests have been an udder failure.
Make Mine Homogenized
Rick Raphael

British Dictionary definitions for udder

udder

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

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").

udder in Science

udder

[ŭd′ər]

A bag-shaped part of a cow and the females of other ruminants in which milk is formed and stored and from which it is taken in suckling or milking.