Udder meaning

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A baglike organ containing the mammary glands, characteristic of certain female mammals, such as cows, sheep, and goats.
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A baglike mammary organ containing two or more glands, each with a separate teat, as in cows.
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A baglike organ containing the mammary glands, characteristic of certain female mammals, such as cows, sheep, and goats.
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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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Part of domestic milk-giving animal that expresses milk, especially cow. Also goat, sheep, yak. See mammary gland.
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Origin of udder

  • Middle English from Old English ūder euə-dh-r̥ in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Old English Å«der. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewHdÊ°rÌ¥-, *h₁owHdÊ°rÌ¥-, *h₁uHdÊ°rÌ¥- (“udder"). Cognates include Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (outhar), Latin Å«ber.
    From Wiktionary

Udder Sentence Examples

  • A fine brindled cow with a large udder was attached to the cart behind.

  • In the report of the joint committee appointed for the purpose by the county boroughs of Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Rotherham and Sheffield in 1908, the following conclusions were drawn: (I) Cows' milk freshly drawn from the udder by ordinary methods contains bacteria.

  • "(1) The washing of the udder and flanks with soap and water, and similar attention to the hands of the milker.

  • mastitis infection of the udder.

  • Since, then, the destruction of the hardy germs is so difficult, the greater care should be taken, by washing the udder, hands and milk vessels, to secure extreme cleanliness in the preparation of milk intended for infant consumption.

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