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udder

UK/ˈʌdə/US/ˈʌdɚ/

udder noun: an organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.

udder: an organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as...
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Noun

udder (plural udders)

  1. An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
    • squeeze the udder to get milk
    • The udder of the hyena, tied on the left arm, enticed the affection of any desired woman.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 60
  2. (impolite, slang) A woman's breast.

udder meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

udder in Hindi

organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
थन than

udder in Tamil

organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
மடி maṭi

udder in Marathi

udder
कास kās

udder in Urdu

organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
تھن than
More languagesFewer languages
udder in Bengali
বাঁট bãṭ
udder in Telugu
పొదుగు podugu, ఊధస్సు ūdhassu
udder in Malayalam
അകിട് akiṭŭ
udder in Kannada
ಕೆಚ್ಚಲ್, ಕೆಂಚಲು, ಕೆಚ್ಚಲ, ಕೆಚ್ಚಲು
udder in Punjabi
ਥਣ thaṇ
udder in Gujarati
આંચળ ā̃caḷ, આઉ āu
udder in Sanskrit
ऊधर् ūdhar, ऊधस् ūdhas, आपीन āpīna
udder in Pashto
غولانځه
udder in Arabic
ضَرْع ḍarʕ
udder in Malay
ambing
udder in Indonesian
ambing
udder in Persian
پستان pestân
udder in Thai
เต้า dtâo
udder in Vietnamese
bầu vú
udder in Myanmar
နို့အုံ nui.um

Examples of udder in a sentence

  • And part of one cow's udder remained unmilked when the robot retracted.
  • Udders dry, grain reserves shot – even the insipid nitta pods in short supply.
  • The heavy udders of hefted cows trailed on the ground, dripping milk on the greensward.

All 14 example sentences with udder

Forms of udder

pluraludders

Origin of udder

From Middle English udder, uddyr (also as uther, iddyr), from Old English ūder (“udder; breast”), from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jadder (“udder”), Dutch uier (“udder”), German Euter (“udder”), Swedish juver (“udder”), Icelandic júgur (“udder”), Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Latin ūber.

Words formed from udder

Words that rhyme with udder

Questions about udder

What does udder mean?
Udder means an organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
What is udder in Hindi?
Udder in Hindi is थन (than). See Udder meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is udder?
Udder is a noun.
How do you pronounce udder?
Udder is pronounced /ˈʌdə/ (UK).
What is the plural of udder?
The plural of udder is udders.

Words near udder in the dictionary

  1. Udayapur
  2. Udbina
  3. UDC
  4. UDCA
  5. UDD
  6. udder
  7. uddered
  8. udderful
  9. udderfuls
  10. udderless
  11. udderlike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: udder (page history and authors); कास (Marathi) (page history and authors); udder (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਥਣ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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