What is "foremilk"

Foremilk \Fore"milk`\, n. (Physiol.) The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum.

n. The first milk drawn from a cow during milking; in humans, the milk secreted initially during breastfeeding, typically low in fat and rich in protein.

n. milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition [syn: colostrum]