noun
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age (Freq. 5)
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so many head of cattle
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wait till the cows come home
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"seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible
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a team of oxen
• Syn: ↑cattle, ↑kine, ↑oxen, ↑Bos taurus
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cattleship (for: ↑cattle)
• Hypernyms: ↑bovine
• Hyponyms:
↑ox, ↑stirk, ↑bullock, ↑steer, ↑bull, ↑cow, ↑moo-cow, ↑beef, ↑beef cattle, ↑Welsh, ↑Welsh Black, ↑red poll, ↑Africander, ↑dairy cattle, ↑dairy cow, ↑milch cow, ↑milk cow, ↑milcher, ↑milker, ↑Devon, ↑grade
• Member Meronyms: ↑calf
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plural of cow
present third singular of cow
Useful english dictionary. 2012.