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On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 02:10, Tom Wrona wrote: |
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> Cows are female. Gateway might not realize this but aren't you guys supposed |
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> to be smarter? |
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cow: Pronunciation Key (kou) |
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n. |
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1. The mature female of cattle of the genus Bos. |
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2. The mature female of other large animals, such as whales, |
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elephants, or moose. |
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3. A domesticated bovine of either sex or any age. |
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Idioms: |
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have a cow |
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See definition 3. Cows *can* be male because otherwise there's no name |
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for the kind of animal that the black and white male grass-eating thing |
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is. :) You can call them a "bull", but what kind of animal are they? |
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No, they're not "moos", they're cows. Even the males. |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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