noun
udder
UH-duh
noun
1
The milk-producing organ hanging beneath cattle, goats, sheep, and similar animals.
"The farmer attached the milking machine to the cow's udder."
"A healthy udder is essential for a dairy cow's milk production."
How to Use Udder
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe baglike organ under a cow or goat that makes and stores milk.
Common mistake
Don't confuse with "utter" (to speak, or complete/total) — they sound alike but are unrelated.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
udders plural
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Etymology
From Old English uder, tracing back to a very old Proto-Indo-European root also behind the Latin "uber" and German "Euter" — all meaning the same thing.