moo cow

Baby-talk dairy animal

Moo cow is a child's word for a cow, formed by combining the sound a cow makes with the animal's name.

Adults use it when speaking to small children or playfully: Look at the moo cows in the field!

Related

milk · nursery rhyme · ox · domesticated · pasture · barnyard · calf · udder · hoof · farm animal · hay bale · dairy farm · cud · tail · milking machine · grass fed · grazing · petting zoo

Opposites
linguistic register

moo cowbovine

Of the cattle family

cattle · heifer · steer · ruminant · livestock

animal type in nursery vocabulary

moo cowbow wow

Imitative bark sound

Family

moo, cow, moos, mooed, mooing, cows, cowed, cowing, cowherd

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G