moo-cow
(ˈmuːkaʊ)
[f. moo v. + cow.]
A childish name for a cow.
| 1812 Combe Picturesque xiv. ad fin., The sheep all baa'd, the asses bray'd, The moo-cows low'd, and Grizzle neigh'd! 1841 Thackeray Charac. Sk., Artists (1869) 428 Can they design so much as a horse, or a dog, or a ‘moo-cow’, for little Jack who bawls out for them? not they. |