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 morefat per gallon of milk.
Etymologies
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ABC Online Research breakthrough paves way for 'supercow' - 1 hr ago
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You can also get information online at supercow. com.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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