vacca

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The vacca was the enormous bell in the Signoria tower, given that name, the “cow,” because of the odd and deep mooing sound the bell made when rung.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
Maldrakka seems to be a joke about word Mandrake and italian word "vacca" cow.

The Evil Women of Fumetti, top 5 2010
In italian a lighter word for whore is "vacca" cow.

Mandracca 2010
As the vacca tolled its lowing sound, riders wearing the livery of the Pazzi family charged into the square, shouting, Liberty!

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
The vacca was only tolled when there was a crisis in the city.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
And one of the title of the cover is "Maldracca la gran vacca" .

Mandracca 2010
As I stated before about Miss Smith, the latin vacca foeda really describes her perfectly.

Archive 2008-01-01 FIDO The Dog 2008
Still what can one expect from a vacca foeda of a Home Sec., who stated that moslem fanatics will be referred to as pursuing "anti-Islamic activity".

Archive 2008-01-01 FIDO The Dog 2008
Additionally, "vaccae" is the genitive form of Latin "vacca" cow, hence the little cow picture, which is a feminine noun.

Mycobacterium vaccae Emma Lurie 2007
Now there is a disease of cows know as cowpox or vaccinia (from the Latin vacca, a cow) which is communicable to human beings.

Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous