From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cow \Cow\, n.; pl. {Cows} (kouz); old pl. {Kine} (k[imac]n).
[OE. cu, cou, AS. c[=u]; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo,
Icel. k[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. boy^s, Skr.
g[=o]. [root]223. Cf. {Beef}, {Bovine}, {Bucolic}, {Butter},
{Nylghau}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The mature female of bovine animals.
[1913 Webster]
2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals,
etc.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
cows \cows\ n. pl. [pl. of cow.]
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or
age; as, wait till the cows come home.
Syn: cattle, kine, oxen, Bos taurus.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cows
n 1: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or
age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come
home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of
oxen" [syn: {cattle}, {cows}, {kine}, {oxen}, {Bos taurus}]
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