moo-cows

Child's dairy animals

Moo-cows is baby talk for cows, used when speaking to or by young children.

The word imitates the sound cows make: Look at the moo-cows in the field!

Adults sometimes use it playfully or ironically.

onomatopoeia

lowing

Cattle's mournful cry

calling · noise · udder · milking · barn · field · herd · cattle · bovine · ruminating

nursery

baby-talk

Simplified infant-directed speech

stuffed-animal · pointing · learning · pasture · meadow · countryside · gentle · friendly · udder · spots

whimsy

playful

Inclined toward fun

cute · cartoon · childlike · innocent · fanciful · lighthearted · humorous · countryside · pastoral · idyllic

Opposites
register/formality

moo-cowscattle

Domesticated bovines kept commercially

bovines · cows · livestock · beef cattle · dairy cattle

animal type (in child's vocabulary)

moo-cowswoof-woofs

Baby-talk for barks

Family

moo, cow, cows, moos, mooed, mooing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G