Hypertext Webster Gateway: "udder"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Udder \Ud"der\, n. [OE. uddir, AS. [=u]der; akin to D. uijer, G.
euter, OHG. [=u]tar, [=u]tiro, Icel. j[=u]gr, Sw. jufver,
jur, Dan. yver, L. uber, Gr. o"y^qar, Skr. [=u]dhar.
[root]216. Cf. {Exuberant}.]
1. (Anat.) The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and
stored; -- popularly called the {bag} in cows and other
quadrupeds. See {Mamma}.

A lioness, with udders all drawn dry. --Shak.

2. One of the breasts of a woman. [R.]

Yon Juno of majestic size, With cowlike udders, and
with oxlike eyes. --Pope.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

udder
n : mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) [syn: {bag}]


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