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How to spell cow

Cow is spelled C-O-W.

What it means: A female domestic animal, often used for milk.

In a sentence: The cow eats green grass in the field. ▶

Same family: cows, cattle, calf, bull. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Cow comes from Old English "cū," which is related to similar words in German and Dutch. It is one of the oldest animal names recorded in English, used for more than a thousand years.

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