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Colostrum

The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings.

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Milk 76% connected

A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Foremilk 92% connected

The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum.

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the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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Agalactia noun · 78% connection

a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered

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Aggression noun · 78% connection

The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; ass…

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Beastings n. pl. · 78% connection

See Biestings.

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Beestings noun · 78% connection

Same as Biestings.

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Begin verb · 78% connection

To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or cours…

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Bonnyclabber noun · 78% connection

Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber.

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Breast noun · 78% connection

Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in…

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Buttermilk noun · 78% connection

residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture

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Cream noun · 78% connection

The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part…

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Delivery noun · 78% connection

The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.

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First-class adjective · 78% connection

Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.

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