Cow Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult ma ...

is a colloquial term for cattle, and the name of female cattle. Cow, cows or COW may also refer to:

Science and technology

* Cow, an adult female of several animals * AT2018cow, a large astronomical explosion also known as "The Cow" * Distillation cow, a piece of glassware that allows fractions to be collected without breaking vacuum *

Cell on wheels Mobile cell sites are infrastructures transportable on trucks, allowing fast and easy installation in restricted spaces. Their use is strategic for the rapid expansion of cellular networks putting into service point-to-point radio connections as ...

, a means of providing temporary mobile phone network coverage *

Copy-on-write Copy-on-write (COW), sometimes referred to as implicit sharing or shadowing, is a resource-management technique used in computer programming to efficiently implement a "duplicate" or "copy" operation on modifiable resources. If a resource is dupl ...

, in computing

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* ''

Al-Baqara Al-Baqara, alternatively transliterated Al-Baqarah ( ar, الْبَقَرَة, ; "The Heifer" or "The Cow"), is the second and longest chapter ('' surah'') of the Quran. It consists of 286 verses ('' āyāt'') which begin with the "mysterio ...

'', the second and longest ''sura'' of the Qur'an, usually translated as "The Cow" * ''Cows'', a 1998 novel by Matthew Stokoe * ''Cow'', the English translation of Beat Sterchi's novel ''Blösch'' * "Cows!", a children's story from the ''

Railway Series ''The Railway Series'' is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry. Twe ...

'' book ''Edward the Blue Engine'' by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry * "Cows", a poem from The Wiggles' album ''

Big Red Car ''Big Red Car'' is the fifth album by Australian band the Wiggles, released in 1995 by ABC Music distributed by EMI. This album won the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 1995. Track listing AUS track list US track list Personnel ...

Film and television

* ''The Cow'' (1969 film), an Iranian film * ''The Cow'' (1989 film), a Soviet animated short * ''Cow'' (2009 film), a Chinese film * ''Cow'' (2021 film), a British documentary film * ''Cow'' (public service announcement), an anti texting while driving public service announcement * ''Cows'' (TV series), a pilot and cancelled television sitcom produced by Eddie Izzard for Channel 4 in 1997 * Cow, a character in the animated series ''

Cow and Chicken ''Cow and Chicken'' is an American animated comedy television series created by David Feiss for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. It is the third of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. It follows the ...

'' *

Computer Originated World The Computer Originated World (COW) was the method of creating the BBC1 symbol that was used between 18 February 1985 and 16 February 1991. It was later used by the international, commercial television service BBC World Service Television fro ...

, referring to the globe ID the BBC1 TV network used from 1985 to 1991

Music

Cows (band) Cows were a noise rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota who formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1998. The band’s music mixed punk rock with surreal humour and copious amounts of noise played through distorted amplifiers and trumpet bleats, codi ...

, a noise rock band from Minneapolis * ''Cow'' (demo), a 1987 EP by Inspiral Carpets * "Cows", a song by Grandaddy from their 1992 album '' Prepare to Bawl'' * '' COW / Chill Out, World!'', 2016 album by The Orb

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* Cerritos On Wheels, municipal bus service operated by the City of Cerritos, California, United States *

College of Wooster The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college in Wooster, Ohio. Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian Church as the University of Wooster, it has been officially non-sectarian since 1969 when ownership ties with the Presbyterian Church ...

, liberal arts college in Wooster, Ohio, United States *

Cow Hell Swamp Cow Hell Swamp (also called Cow Hell) is a swamp in the U.S. state of Georgia. The swamp is located along the eastern bank of the Oconee river near the mouth of Buckeye creek in northern Laurens County, with a small portion of the swamp exte ...

, Georgia, United States * Crude oil washing *

Cows (ice cream) Cows is a Canadian ice cream manufacturer and chain of ice cream parlors based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Cows was founded in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island in 1983, and has since expanded into cheddar cheese, and cow-themed mercha ...

, a Canadian ice cream brand *

Cowdenbeath railway station Cowdenbeath railway station is a railway station in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, north of . The station can be accessed via two steep ramps from either the east sid ...

, Scotland, National Rail station code * Cow, part of a

cow-calf In rail transport, a cow-calf (also cow and calf) locomotive is a set of switcher-type diesel locomotives. The set usually is a pair; some 3-unit sets (with two calves, also known as herds) were built, but this was rare. A cow is equipped with a ...

railroad locomotive set * COWS, a mnemonic for Cold Opposite, Warm Same in the

caloric reflex test In medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of ...

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