milk cows
Bovines for butter
Milk cows are dairy cattle kept for their milk production, as opposed to beef cattle raised for meat.
The phrase also functions as a verb: to milk cows is to extract milk from them, traditionally by hand, now usually by machine.
He gets up at five to milk cows.
Figuratively, a milk cow (or cash cow) is any reliable source of income that requires little effort to maintain.
- dairy cattleLivestock raised for milk
- dairy farmLivestock operation for milk
- teatMammary outlet
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- bovineOf the cattle family
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