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English
Etymology
Ellipsis of mad cow disease.
Noun
mad cow (usually uncountable, plural mad cows)
- (uncountable, by ellipsis) Mad cow disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
- (countable) A cow afflicted with mad cow disease.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mad, cow.
Translations
cow afflicted with mad cow disease
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