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FOREMILK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foremilk mean? 

FOREMILK (noun)
  The noun FOREMILK has 1 sense:

1. milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturitionplay

  Familiarity information: FOREMILK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOREMILK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

colostrum; foremilk

Hypernyms ("foremilk" is a kind of...):

milk (produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young)


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