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How to pronounce cows in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bos taurus, cattle, kine, oxen
Type of bovine
Has types beef, beef cattle, africander, ox, red poll, steer, stirk, welsh, welsh black, bull, bullock, cow, dairy cattle, dairy cow, devon, grade, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker, moo-cow


wait till the cows come home.

Examples of cows

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Now, prepare for munching, sauntering cows to eye you when you come over a hill.
From the sacbee.com
As for the cows of the Hauraki Plains, for them the gulf is the local long-drop.
From the nzherald.co.nz
In many ways, if you have the space, cows are less demanding than pigs or sheep.
From the telegraph.co.uk
S. aureus is a common cause of mastitis, an inflammation of the udders, in cows.
From the latimes.com
A herd of cows has trampled a man and woman, leaving them with serious injuries.
From the independent.co.uk
An English policeman was walking his dog when suddenly a herd of cows stampeded.
From the theepochtimes.com
Up at 5am to milk the cows, comb the sheep and plant a crop or two before lunch?
From the dailymail.co.uk
He was in Future Farmers of America and showed Hereford cows and Hampshire pigs.
From the post-gazette.com
Midway Plantation was a for-real, working plantation with horses, cows and pigs.
From the newsobserver.com
More examples
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  • Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
  • A large unpleasant woman
  • (cows) cattle: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"
  • Cowsay is a program which generates ASCII pictures of a cow with a message. It can also generate pictures using pre-made images of other animals. There is also a related program called cowthink, with cows with thought bubbles rather than speech bubbles.
  • Cow is a 2009 Chinese film directed by Guan Hu. A black comedy, Cow takes place during the midst of the Second Sino-Japanese War. A villager, played by Huang Bo, has been entrusted to care for a Dutch cow when a Japanese attack leaves him and the cow the only survivors.
  • Cow is a public service announcement film directed by Peter Watkins-Hughes with assistance from the Gwent Police Department and Tredegar Comprehensive School.Brindley, Madeleine. "." Western Mail. 26 August 2009. Retrieved on 18 August 2010. ...
  • Cow and Chicken is an American animated series, created by David Feiss. The series shows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam or hurt them. ...