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milk cow

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Noun1.milk cow - cattle that are reared for their milkmilk cow - cattle that are reared for their milk
Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"
Ayrshire - hardy breed of dairy cattle from Ayr, Scotland
Brown Swiss - large hardy brown breed of dairy cattle from Switzerland
Jersey - a breed of diary cattle developed on the island of Jersey
milking shorthorn - breed evolved from shorthorn beef cattle
Friesian, Holstein, Holstein-Friesian - a breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland
Guernsey - breed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey


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I was so glad to see a couple of articles lately about milk cows.
Like most animals used for mass consumption, a milk cow lives in cramped and often filthy conditions.
Over the last 70 and more years, many milk cows I have known from their birth have been fit and well in their mid to late teens.
 
 
 
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