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Word Meanings - UDDER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. Yon Juno of majestic size, With cowlike

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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. Yon Juno of majestic size, With cowlike udders, and with oxlike eyes. Pope. (more info) OHG. utar, utiro, Icel. jugr, Sw. jufver, jur, Dan. yver, L. uber,

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