lacteal

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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

It is somewhat surprising to find that such an accurate observer as Harvey should have failed to recognize the significance and importance of the system of lacteal vessels.

From Fathers of Biology by McRae, Charles

Nora's touch became more gentle and she squeezed the lacteal fluid from the bovine with more consideration, all the while humming sweet songs softly to herself, and the old cow heard and knew.

From The Nightrider's Feud by McConnell, Walter C.