udder
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Definition of udder
1
: a large pendulous organ consisting of two or more mammary glands enclosed in a common envelope and each provided with a single nipple — see cow illustration
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: mammary gland
Examples of udder in a Sentence
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For one thing, they’ve been bred to have longer and wider udders, rather than deep ones. — Maureen O’hagan, Quartz, "The way we breed cows is setting them up for extinction," 24 June 2019 Perform in a cow suit, complete with udder, and feel completely at home? — Los Angeles Times, "Essential Arts: The impenetrable Music Center gets an accessible new look," 24 Aug. 2019 For one thing, they’ve been bred to have longer and wider udders, rather than deep ones. — Maureen O’hagan, Quartz, "The way we breed cows is setting them up for extinction," 24 June 2019 For one thing, they’ve been bred to have longer and wider udders, rather than deep ones. — Maureen O'hagan, Scientific American, "From Two Bulls, Nine Million Dairy Cows," 20 June 2019 In their garden, the mayor found the couple’s cow, its udders unmilked in days. — New York Times, "And Then There Was One: Three People Lived in This Village Until Two Were Murdered.," 15 July 2019 Or does one need to stoop to silicone udders to secure that sweet, sweet free meat? — Aj Willingham, CNN, "It's Cow Appreciation Day, which means people will be dressing up for some Chick-fil-A," 9 July 2019 The udder mix-up spilled the bitter truth about the almond milk’s production: it’s being processed in the same facility as cow’s milk, its legen-dairy rival. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "What is milk? Answer muddled after almond milk mixes with cow milk," 6 Aug. 2018 While the cows chow, a robotic arm, similar to the kind that pops quarter panels onto frames in auto factories, swerves into position under the cow’s udder, where lasers guide the gripper toward the teats to clean them. — Jason Nark, Philly.com, "Down on the farm with the robots and drones," 5 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'udder.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for udder
udder
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English Language Learners Definition of udder
: the bag-shaped part of a cow, goat, etc., that hangs below the belly and produces milk
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Kids Definition of udder
: a large bag-shaped organ (as of a cow) enclosing two or more milk-producing glands each draining into a separate nipple on the lower surface
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Medical Definition of udder
: a large pendulous organ in various mammals and especially a female domestic bovine consisting of two or more mammary glands enclosed in a common envelope and each provided with a single nipple
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