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kine
(kīn)n. Archaic
A plural of cow1.
[Middle English kyn, from Old English cȳna, genitive pl. of cū, cow; see cow1.]
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kine
(kaɪn)n
(functioning as plural) archaic cows; cattle
[Old English cӯna of cows, from cū cow1]
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cow1
(kaʊ)n.
1. the mature female of a bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos.
2. the female of various other large animals, as the elephant or whale.
3. Informal. a domestic bovine of either sex and any age.
Idioms: have a cow, to become hysterical.
[before 900; Middle English cou, Old English cū, c. Old Saxon kō, Old High German chuo, Old Norse kȳr, Latin bōs, Greek boûs ox]
cow2
(kaʊ)v.t.
to frighten with threats; intimidate; overawe.
[1595–1605; < Old Norse kūga to oppress, cow]
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Noun | 1. | kine - 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" calf - young of domestic cattle Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini bovine - any of various members of the genus Bos ox - an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus stirk - yearling heifer or bullock bull - uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle beef, beef cattle - cattle that are reared for their meat Welsh Black, Welsh - a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales red poll - hornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattle Africander - tall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa; used for meat or draft dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker - cattle that are reared for their milk Devon - red dual-purpose cattle of English origin grade - a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed herd - a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans |
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