Definitions

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  • noun dairy industry A cow bred or engineered for superior milk production, producing more milk per day than average, or in some cases more fat per gallon of milk.

Etymologies

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super- +‎ cow

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Examples

  • ABC Online Research breakthrough paves way for 'supercow' - 1 hr ago

    BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content 2009

  • The successful sequencing of the cow genome could lead to treatments for malaria and the development of a 'supercow' that thrives in harsh conditions, say Australian researchers.

    unknown title 2009

  • The successful sequencing of the cow genome could lead to treatments for malaria and the development of a 'supercow' that thrives in harsh conditions, say Australian researchers.

    unknown title 2009

  • The successful sequencing of the cow genome could lead to treatments for malaria and the development of a 'supercow' that thrives in harsh conditions, say Australian researchers.

    unknown title 2009

  • You can also get information online at supercow. com.

    CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2007 2007

  • I'd been eating supercow all my life, frozen or electron-beamed for transportation, and now I was discovering that I had never really eaten supercow before.

    Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

  • They also found supercow, a big mammal looking like the unsuccessful attempt of a hippopotamus to impersonate a dachshund and about the size of a nuclear-steam locomotive.

    Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

  • Some of the spectators, drooling for barbecued supercow, began crowding and jostling toward the exits; more of them were pushing to the front of the courtroom, cheering and waving their hip-flasks.

    Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

  • There were stories floating around that they enjoyed barbecued Terran even better than they did supercow and hot relish.

    Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

  • It was done with medium tanks mounting fifty-mm guns, usually working at the rear of the herd, although a supercow herd could change directions almost in a second and the killing-tanks would then find themselves in front of a stampede.

    Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

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