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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cow \Cow\, noun; pl. {Cows} (kouz); old pl. {Kine} (k[imac]n). [OE. cu, cou, AS. c[=u]; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo, Icel. k[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. boy^s, Skr. g[=o]. [root]223. Cf. {Beef}, {Bovine}, {Bucolic}, {Butter}, {Nylghau}.]
1. The mature female of bovine animals.
2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
cows \cows\ n. pl. [pl. of cow.] domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; as, wait till the cows come home.
Syn: cattle, kine, oxen, Bos taurus. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cows
noun: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" [syn: {cattle}, {kine}, {oxen}, {Bos taurus}]
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