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lacteal

[lak-tee-uhl] / ˈlæk ti əl /


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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

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

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

Fear will also produce fits; and bitches, while suckling, if burdened with a number of pups, and not having a sufficiency of nutriment to support the lacteal secretion, often die in convulsive fits.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd

Cows are driven about the streets and milked in front of your own door, when you desire the lacteal fluid.

From Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future by Arthur D. Hall




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