Share-milk

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of sharemilk. alt-of, alternative

    "Sections will be allotted later this year with herds either milked on wages or share-milked for one season."

  2. 2
    To milk a cow, sheep, goat, etc for human consumption, while allowing the calf, lamb, kid, etc to continue to suckle from its mother.

    "Suckling stimulates milk production and the removal of milk is crucial for maintaining lactation. University of WA trials show share-milked ewes produced more milk than..."

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"Sections will be allotted later this year with herds either milked on wages or share-milked for one season."

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