cows

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

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”Synonyms: cattle kine oxen Bos taurus

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cow \Cow\, n.; pl. Cows (kouz); old pl. Kine (k[imac]n). [OE. cu, cou, AS. c[=u]; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo, Icel. k[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. boy^s, Skr. g[=o]. [root]223. Cf. Beef, Bovine, Bucolic, Butter, Nylghau.] [1913 Webster]

1.The mature female of bovine animals. [1913 Webster]

2.The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc. [1913 Webster]

cows \cows\ n. pl. [pl. of cow.] domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; as, wait till the cows come home.

Syn: cattle, kine, oxen, Bos taurus. [WordNet 1.5]