udder

[uhd-er]

noun

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

udder

/ ˈʌdə /

noun

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

udder

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of udder¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of udder¹

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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Related Words

• bosom 
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• nipple