udder
udder
Definition
ud·der (ud′ər)
noun
a baglike mammary organ containing two or more glands, each with a separate teat, as in cows
Etymology: ME uddre < OE (rare) udr, akin to Ger euter < IE base *ūdh-, udder > Sans ūdhar, L uber, udder
udder
Synonyms
udder
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- cow: The diagram shows the position of the udder of a cow.
- ewe: Check udders of all ewes immediately after they lamb or as soon as possible, to see that there is ample colostrum.
Possessives
- cow: Bacteria present on the cow's udders or on equipment may get into raw milk.
Converse of object
- distend: Back legs held awkwardly to allow for their distended udders, they make their painful way around the ring.
- overstock: According to FAWC: " It is common practice to send dairy cattle to market or to agricultural shows with overstocked udders.
- have: In beef cows, who have small udders, the incidence of mastitis is a fraction of that in dairy herds ( 29 ).
- protect: There is evidence to suggest that minor pathogens increase milk cell counts and can help to protect the udder against mastitis.
- enter: The cow's physiology is stressed, and when bacteria do enter the udder, mastitis is likely.
- cause: Mastitis is an infection of the udder caused by micro-organisms, usually bacteria.
Adjective modifier
- swollen: Swollen udders are commonly hot with mastitis; they can be agonizing and leak pus.
- bovine: The bovine udder has a capacity to clear itself of infection without therapy.
- enormous: It's always been her wish to bring people together, regardless of color or creed, in admiration of her enormous artificial udders.
Modifies a noun
- infection: Female calves become milk machines like their mothers, suffering chronic lameness, painful udder infections and constant hunger.
- cell: Very surprisingly, the adult cell DNA was able to give rise to a complete individual, not just more udder cells.
- health: The correct action of the milking machine is essential to cow comfort, optimum milking performance and udder health.
- attachment: All bulls are high type and will improve dairy type in particular teat length and udder attachment.
- lesion: When used for treating udder lesions in cattle, the udder and the teats should be washed immediately before the next milking.
- tissue: To complicate things, the donor's udder tissue had been cultured in a laboratory before use.
udder Quotes
We live in the great indoors: the vacuum cleaner grazes over the carpet, lowing, its udder a swollen wobble. SeeAusten 43:88.
