mad cow

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English

Etymology

Ellipsis of mad cow disease.

Noun

mad cow (usually uncountable, plural mad cows)

  1. (uncountable, by ellipsis) Mad cow disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
  2. (countable) A cow afflicted with mad cow disease.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mad,‎ cow.

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