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dogcows

dogcows is the plural of dogcow.

Meaning of dogcow

Noun

dogcow (plural dogcows)

  1. (humorous) A creature resembling a dog and a cow, used as a placeholder image in early Macintosh operating systems.
    • As all Mac wizards know, "moof" is the preferred statement for dogcows.1990, Microtimes, volume 7, page 174

Questions about dogcows

What is dogcows the plural of?
Dogcows is the plural of dogcow.

Words near dogcows in the dictionary

  1. dogcatcher
  2. dogcatchers
  3. dogcatching
  4. dogcentric
  5. dogcow
  6. dogcows
  7. dogdays
  8. dogdoctor
  9. dogdoctors
  10. dogdom
  11. dogdraw

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