Talk:Quadruped
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What is a cow a cow of?
- Elephants =bull cow calf.
- Seals= bull, cow, calf
- whales= bull, cow, calf
and so on BUT what is the ordinary ever day variity of COW, usually domesticated for milking, a cow of 23:38, 30 March 2006 165.84.1.82
- This is an instance of what is called an unmarked female-referring form in linguistics, but I don't really know what it has to do with quadrupedalism... AnonMoos 12:35, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- A moo cow. Factitious 20:01, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Bovine, I believe would be the correct answer. Bovine = bull, cow, calf. One could also say domestic cattle. Alexkraegen (talk) 19:11, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
