English Explanatory Dictionary

mad cow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Mad cow disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
  2. A cow afflicted with mad cow disease.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mad, cow.

Word forms

mad cow mad cows

Etymology

Ellipsis of mad cow disease.

Translations

French: maladie de la vache folle French: vache folle
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