"cows and bulls" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cows and bulls (uncountable)
  1. A plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cows_and_bulls-en-noun-en:Arum_maculatum Categories (other): Arum family plants Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 88 12 Synonyms: Jack-in-the-pulpit, cuckoopint, lords and ladies, Adam and Eve, adder's meat, adder's root, arum, arum lily, bobbins, cows and bulls, cuckoopint, cuckoo-plant, devils and angels, friar's cowl, Jack-in-the-pulpit, lamb-in-a-pulpit, lord-and-lady, lords-and-ladies, naked boys, snake's head, starch-root, wakerobin, wild arum
  2. Synonym of bulls and cows (“codebreaking game”). Tags: uncountable Synonyms: bulls and cows [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-cows_and_bulls-en-noun-HDa2YGTj Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57
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