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Webster 1913 Edition

Udder

Ud′der

,
Noun.
[OE.
uddir
, AS.
ūder
; akin to D.
uijer
, G.
euter
, OHG.
ūtar
,
ūtiro
, Icel.
jūgr
, Sw.
jufver
,
jur
, Dan.
yver
, L.
uber
, Gr.
οὗθαρ
, Skr.
ūdhar
. √216. Cf.
Exuberant
.]
1.
(Anat.)
The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; – popularly called the
bag
in cows and other quadrupeds. See
Mamma
.
A lioness, with
udders
all drawn dry.
Shakespeare
2.
One of the breasts of a woman.
[R.]
Yon Juno of majestic size,
With cowlike
udders
, and with oxlike eyes.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Udder

UD'DER

,
Noun.
[Gr.]
The breast of a female; but the word is applied chiefly or wholly to the glandular organ of female breasts, in which the milk is secreted and retained for the nourishment of their young, commonly called the bag, in cows and other quadrupeds.

Definition 2024

udder

udder

English

Noun

udder ‎(plural udders)

  1. An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
  2. (slang) A woman's breast.

Translations

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse oddr, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz.

Noun

udder m

  1. sharp point

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Descendants

Etymology

From Middle English uddyr, from Old English ūder ‎(“udder; breast”), from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewHdʰr̥-, *h₁owHdʰr̥-, *h₁uHdʰr̥- ‎(“udder”).

Cognates include Saterland Frisian Jadder ‎(“udder”), Dutch uier ‎(“udder”), German Euter ‎(“udder”), Swedish juver ‎(“udder”), Icelandic júgur ‎(“udder”), Sanskrit ऊधर् ‎(ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ ‎(oûthar), Latin ūber.

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