cow : Idioms & Phrases

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ant cow

  • noun excretes a honeylike substance eaten by ants
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cash cow

  • noun a project that generates a continuous flow of money
    money-spinner; moneymaker.
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cow barn

  • noun a barn for cows
    cowshed; cowbarn; byre; cowhouse.
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cow chip

  • noun a piece of dried bovine dung
    chip; buffalo chip; cow chip.
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cow cockle

  • noun European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort
    Vaccaria hispanica; Vaccaria pyramidata; cowherb; Saponaria vaccaria.
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cow dung

  • noun a piece of dried bovine dung
    chip; buffalo chip; cow chip.
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cow lily

  • noun common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water
    spatterdock; Nuphar advena; yellow pond lily.
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cow man

  • noun a man who raises (or tends) cattle
    cattleman; beef man.
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cow manure

  • noun cow excreta used as fertilizer
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cow oak

  • noun medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats
    Quercus montana; basket oak; Quercus prinus.
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cow parsley

  • noun coarse erect biennial Old World herb introduced as a weed in eastern North America
    wild chervil; Anthriscus sylvestris.
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Cow" pars`ley
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  1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Chærophyllum (C. temulum and C. sylvestre).
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cow parsnip

  • noun tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers
    Heracleum sphondylium; hogweed.
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Cow" pars`nip noun
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  1. (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America).
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cow pasture

  • noun a pasture for cows
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cow pen

  • noun a pen for cattle
    corral; cattle pen.
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cow pie

  • noun fecal matter of a cow
    cowpie.
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cow pony

  • noun a light saddle horse trained for herding cattle
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cow shark

  • noun large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas
    six-gilled shark; Hexanchus griseus.
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cow town

  • noun a small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America
    cowtown.
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cow tree

Cow" tree`
Etymology
Cf. SP. palo de vaca.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.
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cow's head

  • noun a morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its length
    half-free morel; Morchella semilibera.
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cow's lungwort

Cow's" lung"wort`
Definitions
  1. Mullein.
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cow-nosed ray

  • noun large ray found along eastern coast of North America
    Rhinoptera bonasus; cownose ray.
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cow-pilot

Cow"-pi`lot noun
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  1. (Zoöl.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra.
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cow-tongue fern

  • noun common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay
    hart's-tongue fern; Florida strap fern.
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cows' milk

  • noun milk obtained from dairy cows
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dairy cow

  • noun cattle that are reared for their milk
    milch cow; milcher; dairy cow; dairy cattle; milker.
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mad cow disease

  • noun a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation
    bovine spongiform encephalitis; BSE.
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milch cow

  • noun cattle that are reared for their milk
    milch cow; milcher; dairy cow; dairy cattle; milker.
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milk cow

  • noun cattle that are reared for their milk
    milch cow; milcher; dairy cow; dairy cattle; milker.
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moo-cow

  • noun female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"
    cow.
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sacred cow

  • noun a person unreasonably held to be immune to criticism
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sea cow

  • noun any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs
    sirenian; sirenian mammal.
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Sea" cow`
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  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The mantee. (b) The dugong. (c) The walrus.
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springing cow

  • noun a cow about to give birth
    springer.
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steller's sea cow

  • noun extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea
    Hydrodamalis gigas.
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To dry, ∨ dry up, a cow

  • to cause a cow to cease secreting milk. Tylor.
Webster 1913