cob
swan and a cob
Sow.Interestingly enough, figure skating takes the name of a maneuver from this, as in a "triple sow-cow"
cow.
swan song is about a swan that tries to hide from a bad fox with the help of a/the cow
These words distinguish between male and female animals. The words are neither masculine nor feminine, however, because there is no gender in the English noun. cow - bull/steer =male, cow = female (steer is a castrated male) deer - stag=male, doe=female sheep - ram/wether=male, ewe=female (wether is castrated male cat - tom=male, queen=female dog - dog=male, bitch=female horse - stallion=male, mare=female chicken - rooster or cock=male, pullet or hen=female duck - drake=male, duck=female fox-vixen goose-gander cob-pen (swans) jenny-jack ( donkeys)
Cock a doodle moo
A cock is a rooster, and a bull is a male cow. A cock and bull story is one that is totally false. The meaning is similar to "bulls**t." It's not precisely vulgar, but it's not a totally polite expression either. You'd say "That's a cock and bull story" when someone was trying to convince you and you thought they were lying.
A bull is the male form of a cow.
A male cow is called a bull.
There really is no such thing as a male cow. Cow is female and Bull is male.
A cow. Male = bull Female = cow Castrated male = steer