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mucca

cow

noun MOOK-kah Rare
Animals & Nature Farm Animals

Usage Note

Mucca is the common word for a domestic cow; the more formal/technical term is vacca. The breed mucca pazza ('mad cow') entered common usage during the BSE crisis. The masculine equivalent is toro (bull); a young cow is vitella and a calf is vitello (which is also the word for veal).

Examples

"La mucca pascola nel prato."

Natural Translation

The cow grazes in the meadow.

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