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noun

udder

UH-duh
noun
1
The milk-producing organ hanging beneath cattle, goats, sheep, and similar animals.
"The farmer attached the milking machine to the cow's udder."
"A healthy udder is essential for a dairy cow's milk production."

How to Use Udder

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe baglike organ under a cow or goat that makes and stores milk.

Common mistake

Don't confuse with "utter" (to speak, or complete/total) — they sound alike but are unrelated.

Easily confused with

Word Forms

udders plural

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Etymology

From Old English uder, tracing back to a very old Proto-Indo-European root also behind the Latin "uber" and German "Euter" — all meaning the same thing.

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