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Definition of Milk cow
1. Noun. Cattle that are reared for their milk.
Generic synonyms: Bos Taurus, Cattle, Cows, Kine, Oxen
Specialized synonyms: Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Jersey, Milking Shorthorn, Friesian, Holstein, Holstein-friesian, Guernsey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milk Cow
Literary usage of Milk cow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vitamins by Henry Clapp Sherman, Sybil Laura Smith (1922)
""Stated in terms comparable with those of Dr. Armsby this would mean that the
good milk cow returns 20 per cent of the energy value of what she consumes; ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of Englandby Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1854)
"... In-milk Cow " 3rd Duchess of Gloucester :" bred by himself. *I! ...
of Broad-Hinton: for his 3 years and 5 months-old Koan Short-horned In-milk Cow ..."
3. Lectures on the Applications of Chemistry and Geology to Agriculture by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1849)
"milk cow, which has little muscle or fat to waste away, and, therefore, ...
The dung of the milk cow must be very much poorer, and less valuable, ..."
4. Practical Lessons in Agriculture by Lester Sylvan Ivins, Frederick Augustus Merrill (1915)
"The skin of the milk cow should be fine in texture, soft, and pliable. ...
A beef cow gives little milk, and a milk cow does not readily put on flesh. ..."
5. Lectures on the Applications of Chemistry and Geology to Agriculture by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1844)
"milk cow, which has little muscle or fat to waste away, and, therefore, ...
The dung of the milk cow must be very much poorer, and less valuable, ..."
6. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1889)
"... (New York Medical Journal, July 20, 1889) gives the result of a large series
of experiments on the time required for the digestion of human milk, cow's ..."
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