a cow in milk

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• cow's milk anemia — milk anemia in infants fed exclusively on cow s milk …   Medical dictionary

• why buy a cow when milk is so cheap? — An argument for choosing the least troublesome alternative; frequently used as an argument against marriage. One of the few proverbs in the form of a rhetorical question; cf. why keep a dog and bark yourself? 1659 J. HOWELL Proverbs p. ii. It is… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Some constituents of human colostrum, transitional, and mature milk and of cow's milk — ▪ Table Some constituents of human colostrum, transitional, and mature milk and of cow s milk (average values per 100 millilitres whole milk) colostrum (1–5 days) transitional (6–14 days) mature (after 14 days) cow s milk energy, kcal* 58  74 … …   Universalium

• Milk allergy — Classification and external resources A glass of pasteurized cow milk. ICD 9 995.3 …   Wikipedia

• milk — [milk] n. [ME < OE meolc, akin to ON mjolk, Ger milch < IE base * melĝ , to stroke, press out, wipe off, hence to milk (an animal) > Gr amelgein, L mulgere, to milk] 1. a white or yellowish emulsion secreted by the mammary glands of… …   English World dictionary

• Milk — For other uses, see Milk (disambiguation). Foremilk and Hindmilk samples of human breast milk …   Wikipedia

• milk — milkless, adj. /milk/, n. 1. an opaque white or bluish white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young. 2. this liquid as secreted by cows, goats, or certain other animals and used by… …   Universalium

• milk — 1. A white liquid, containing proteins, sugar, and lipids, secreted by the mammary glands, and designed for the nourishment of the young. SYN: lac (1). 2. Any whitish milky fluid; e.g., the juice of the coconut or a suspension of various metallic …   Medical dictionary

• cow — 1. n. 1 a fully grown female of any bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos, used as a source of milk and beef. 2 the female of other large animals, esp. the elephant, whale, and seal. 3 derog. sl. a a woman esp. a coarse or unpleasant one. b… …   Useful english dictionary

• cow — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beef ▪ dairy, milch (BrE, often figurative), milk (esp. AmE) ▪ The region is treated as a milch cow by central government. ▪ sac …   Collocations dictionary

• Milk substitute — A milk substitute is a liquid that replaces milk in a diet or recipe. This overlaps with but is distinct from the group of milk like liquids called milks because of their similarity to the liquid produced by mammary glands. Lactose intolerance or …   Wikipedia