udder
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of udder
before 1000; Middle English uddre, Old English ūder; cognate with German Euter, Latin ūber, Greek oûthar, Sanskrit ū́dhar
Explanation
A cow's udder is the part of its body that produces milk. When you milk a cow, you empty its udder by squeezing the milk into a bucket. Moo! To milk any four-legged ruminant, you need to carefully squeeze and pull each teat after cleaning the udder. Large dairy farmers use machines to do this, while some smaller ones do it by hand. Female cattle, goats, deer, and sheep all produce milk and have udders, organs in their bodies that contain mammary glands.
Example Sentences
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That could mean an extra tax on popular products like Yazoo, Muller's Frijj and Starbucks Caffe Latte as well as drinks branded "high protein" like Ufit and Shaken Udder.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
May I suggest as a headline, "Udder Nonsense."
From Time Magazine Archive
“Ees plenty trees und ees river. Udder rabbits no find you.”
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Udder: artificial introduction of bacteria into, 32; milk germ-free in, 19; infection of, 28; washing, 89; tuberculosis in, 87.
From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by Russell, H. L. (Harry Luman)
Udder, ud′ėr, n. the mammary glands of various animals, esp. cows, &c.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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