Kine is the plural form of the word 'cow'.
Kine é o plural de vaca.
| Front | kine \kyn\ |
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| Back | noun A plural of cow. [From Middle English kyn, from Old English cyna, a plural of cu (cow). Earliest documented use: 1800. Kine is perhaps the only word in English that has no letters in common with its singular form, cow. Other words that are pluralized using -n marker are children, brethren, and oxen.] "Cows stood belly deep in a ranch pond, doing their impersonation of the kine in John Constable's paintings." - Verlyn Klinkenborg; Water and Grasses; The New York Times; Jul 5, 2010. |
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