Dogcow

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A creature resembling a dog and a cow, used as a placeholder image in early Macintosh operating systems. humorous

    "As all Mac wizards know, "moof" is the preferred statement for dogcows."

Example

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"As all Mac wizards know, "moof" is the preferred statement for dogcows."

Etymology

From dog + cow.

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operating system

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