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lacteal

[lak-tee-uhl] / ˈlæk ti əl /


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Otherwise, we’d have to refer to goat’s-milk cheese and yogurt—neither of which are made from the lacteal secretions of one or more healthy cows—as goat spread, goat paste, or creamy goat topping.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2017

The section of the U.S. code that deals with milk and cream defines the former as “the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows.”

From Slate Jun. 2, 2017

In addition to muscle and connective tissue to support its structure, each villus contains a capillary bed composed of one arteriole and one venule, as well as a lymphatic capillary called a lacteal.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

These lacteal? ?ave mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

By this time milking was over, and the lacteal fluid was carried to the spring-house to cool.

From From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience by Horatio Alger




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