"milch cow" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-milch cow.ogg [Australia] Forms: milch cows [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English melche cow, mylche cowe. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|melche cow}} Middle English melche cow, {{m|enm|mylche cowe}} mylche cowe Head templates: {{en-noun}} milch cow (plural milch cows)
  1. A cow kept for milking; a dairy cow. Categories (topical): Dairy farming, Milk Categories (lifeform): Cattle, Female animals
    Sense id: en-milch_cow-en-noun-3Acl6dG7 Disambiguation of Dairy farming: 64 7 6 24 Disambiguation of Milk: 55 21 4 20 Disambiguation of Cattle: 42 16 8 33 Disambiguation of Female animals: 38 13 11 39
  2. A cow that produces milk (having had at least one calf). Categories (lifeform): Female animals Translations (cow that produces milk): дойна крава (dojna krava) (Bulgarian), melkkoe [feminine] (Dutch), lypsylehmä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-milch_cow-en-noun-qxJSXkw6 Disambiguation of Female animals: 38 13 11 39 Disambiguation of 'cow that produces milk': 16 64 14 6
  3. (figurative) A cash cow. Tags: figuratively Categories (lifeform): Female animals
    Sense id: en-milch_cow-en-noun-uePUBEDI Disambiguation of Female animals: 38 13 11 39
  4. (military, slang) A German WWII submarine designed to carry large cargoes of supplies and transfer them to other submarines. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Military, Watercraft, World War II Categories (lifeform): Female animals Translations (German WWII submarine): lypsylehmä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-milch_cow-en-noun-YftnWI4K Disambiguation of Watercraft: 11 9 4 77 Disambiguation of World War II: 16 9 1 75 Disambiguation of Female animals: 38 13 11 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 22 4 47 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'German WWII submarine': 4 2 1 93

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