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Synonyms for udder

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uhd-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌd ər

Définition of udder

Origin :
  • Old English udder "milk gland of a cow, goat, etc.," from Proto-Germanic *udr- (cf. Old Frisian and Middle Dutch uder, Old High German utar, German Euter, and, with unexplained change of consonant, Old Norse jugr), from PIE *udhr- (cf. Sanskrit udhar, Greek outhar, Latin uber "udder").
  • As in breast : noun front of upper body
Example sentences :
  • If the udder of a milking cow becomes hard and painful, it should be fomented with warm water and rubbed with a gentle hand.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • The glandular forms by far the largest portion of the udder.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • After calving, some cracks and sores appear in the udder; they get very troublesome.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Cattle-breeders » by William M'Combie
  • Garget in the udder, or weed, is also to be guarded against.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Cattle-breeders » by William M'Combie
  • You might say now, though, that the tests have been an udder failure.
  • Extract from : « Make Mine Homogenized » by Rick Raphael
  • Cows are exceedingly liable to tuberculous disease of the udder.
  • Extract from : « Papers on Health » by John Kirk
  • Of these, the udder is held as hardly second to the tongue in delicacy.
  • Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX » by Various
  • The heat does not cook the curd in the vat any more than it cooks the milk in the cow's udder.
  • Extract from : « Hints on Dairying » by T. D. Curtis
  • The udder should be soft and fleshless when empty, and extend high up in the rear.
  • Extract from : « Hints on Dairying » by T. D. Curtis
  • Not a drop, if it can be avoided, should be left in the udder.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million » by Sarah Josepha Hale

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