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Meanings of cow in English

Russian
корова
Portuguese
vaca
Spanish
vaca
Catalan
vaca
Wikidata

Female cattle.

корова
Catalan
espantar
Spanish
amenazar

To inspire fear or hesitation due to fear.

espantar
Catalan
vaca

Heraldic animal.

vaca
Portuguese
vaca
Catalan
vaca
Spanish
vaquita

Female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"

vaca
Synonyms
Examples for "moo-cow"
Examples for "moo-cow"
1
Yolanda Kennedy is at her desk by 9.30 a.m. puzzling over the hapless expression of a large moo-cow.
The Irish Times
2
"Moo-cow," he stated positively, and turned away.
Mince Pie
3
After the greyhound experience, it's unlikely that stopping the slaughter of racehorses, pigs, lambs, moo-cows and the live export trade will happen any time soon.
The Guardian
Usage of cow in English
1
Semihard; skim; blue-veined; made of all three milks: cow, goat and sheep.
The Complete Book of Cheese
2
Soft; whole milk; originally goat, now cow; made throughout the Rhone Valley.
The Complete Book of Cheese
3
In Ireland the following folk-beliefs obtain regarding the ass and the cow:-
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought / Studies of the Activit...
4
The goosey-gander stood in the doorway and looked into the cow shed.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
5
All the cussedness of the bovine race is centred in the cow.
Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories
6
The soldier noticed a cow in the little shed near the house.
The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite
7
Yes, he could see the cow eating the corn in the field.
Boy Blue and His Friends
8
The leopard no longer growled; but the cow was mad with fury.
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
9
While still warm from the cow drop a little in the ear.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
10
She still lives there alone in the house on the cow street.
The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
11
The red and white cow still stood over the calf and bellowed.
Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch; Or, The Old Mexican's Treasure
12
Semisoft; goat or cow; delicate flavor, lightly smoked in Bohemia's northern mountains.
The Complete Book of Cheese
13
The ewe bleats for the lamb, lows for the calf the cow.
A History of English Literature
14
We got closer, and at the cow's feet I saw another form.
Mysterious Skin
15
We haven't seen any bear-cow escape craft leaving any of their ships.
Beyond The Frontier: Invincible
16
They claimed the cow, but the master was the owner of it.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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Portuguese
vaca
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