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ud⋅der

  [uhd-er]
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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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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.
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Language Translation for : udder
Spanish: ubre,
German: das Euter,
Japanese: 乳ぶさ
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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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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
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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