udder

American  

[uhd-er] / ˈʌd ər /

noun

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

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udder British  

/ ˈʌdə /

noun

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

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udder Scientific  

/ ŭd′ər /

1. 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.

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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

Example Sentences

When a cow’s udders were full, she simply had to stroll into the parlor, where she’d be milked by gentle machines automatically.

From Literature

In other cases, he said the udders were so scarred by the disease that the cows were unable to produce milk at levels prior to infection.

From Los Angeles Times

In an unassuming building in Stratford, east London, British start-up Better Dairy is making cheese that has never seen an udder, which it argues tastes like the real thing.

From BBC

When he arrived to see what the birds were eating, he found a dead cow, its rectum and udders torn away — classic wolf kill.

From Los Angeles Times

The name mammatus comes from the Latin mamma which means 'udder' or 'breast'.

From BBC

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