Meanings
plural dairy cows
- Any breed of cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk, from which dairy products are made; an individual cattle beast of such a breed; especially, a female cow who has calved and lactated.
The Holstein Friesian is an excellent dairy cow. [breed]
2 more examples
He runs a herd of dairy cows, including his own bulls. [cattle beast]
Mastitis impairs a dairy cow’s output. [lactating female]
- A black-and-white varietal of the Porcellio laevis woodlouse.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny breed of cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk, from which dairy products are made; an individual cattle beast of such a breed; especially, a female cow who has calved and lactated.
More synonyms by meaning
nouncattle that are reared for their milk
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian дойна крава
- дойна крава (dojna krava)cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Chinese Cantonese 乳牛
- 乳牛 (jyu⁵ ngau⁴)cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Chinese Mandarin 奶牛, 乳牛
- 奶牛 (nǎiniú)cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
- 乳牛 (rǔniú)cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Czech dojnice
- dojnicecow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Danish malkeko
- malkekocow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Dutch melkkoe
- melkkoecow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Finnish lypsylehmä
- lypsylehmäcow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
French vache laitière, vache à lait
- vache laitièrecow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
- vache à laitcow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
German Milchkuh
- Milchkuhcow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Italian mucca
- muccacow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Malay lembu tenusu, lembu perahan
- lembu tenusucow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
- lembu perahancow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
- lembu susucow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Norwegian Bokmål melkeku, mjølkeku
- melkekucow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
- mjølkekucow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Persian گاو شیری
- گاو شیری (gāv-e širi)cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Polish krowa mleczna
- krowa mlecznacow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Portuguese vaca leiteira
- vaca leiteiracow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Russian до́йная коро́ва, моло́чная коро́ва
- до́йная коро́ва (dójnaja koróva)cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
- моло́чная коро́ва (molóčnaja koróva)cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Spanish vaca lechera
- vaca lecheracow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Swedish mjölkko
- mjölkkocow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Turkish süt ineği
- süt ineğicow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Vietnamese bò sữa
- bò sữacow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk
Cite this entry
dairy cow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dairy%20cow
“dairy cow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dairy%20cow. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dairy cow,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dairy%20cow.
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