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–noun

a mamma or mammary gland, esp. when baggy and with more than one teat, as in cows.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME uddre, OE ūder; c. G Euter, L ūber, Gk oûthar, Skt

dhar

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ud·der (ŭd'ər)

n. A baglike organ containing the mammary glands, characteristic of certain female mammals, such as cows, sheep, and goats.

[Middle English, from Old English ūder; see euə-dh- in Indo-European roots.]

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Word Origin & History

udder

O.E. udder "milk gland of a cow, goat, etc.," from P.Gmc. *udr- (cf. O.Fris., M.Du. uder, O.H.G. utar, Ger. Euter, and, with unexplained change of consonant, O.N. jugr), from PIE *udhr- (cf. Skt. udhar, Gk. outhar, L. uber "udder").

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ud·der
Pronunciation: '&d-&r
Function: noun
: a large pendulous organ in various mammals and especially a female domestic bovineconsisting of two or more mammary glands enclosed in a common envelope and each provided with a single nipple

Science Dictionary

udder (ŭd'ər) Pronunciation Key
A bag-shaped part of a cow and the females of other ruminants in which milk is formed and stored and from which it is taken in suckling or milking.

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