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• enPR: kou, IPA ^(key): /kaʊ/
• SAMPA: /kaU/

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Noun

Singular cow

Plural cows

A cow

A cow and her calf

1. (countable) A common farm animal, the female cattle.

   Milk comes from cows.

2. (countable) The female of several other kinds of animal, such an elephant cow or a whale cow.

Related words

• cowboy
• cowgirl
• cowpuncher
• cow-tipping
• bull
• calf