milk

white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q8495
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Summary

milk is a class of anatomical entity[1]. milk ranks in the top 0.8% of class of anatomical entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,544 views/month, #11 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: food[3], food ingredient[4], body fluid[5], emulsion[6], secretion[7], particular anatomical entity[8], dairy-milk beverage[9], non-alcoholic beverage[10]
  • Part of: yogurt[11], quark[12]
  • Has use: dairy-milk beverage[13], dairy product[14], food[15], cheese[16], yogurt[17], ricotta[18], kefir[19], whey[20]
  • Commons category: Milk[21]
  • Color: white[22], yellow[23]
  • Unicode character: 🥛[24]
  • Has part(s): liquid water[25], protein[26], fat[27], sodium chloride[28], calcium[29], fat-soluble vitamin[30], phosphorus[31], carbohydrate[32], Vitaminas hidrosolubles[33], potassium[34], magnesium[35]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Milk[36], Kategorie:Milch als Thema[37]
  • Commons gallery: Milk[38]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[39], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[42], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition[44], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[45], The New Student's Reference Work[46], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[47]
  • Topic has template: Template:Milk navbox[48]
  • Natural product of taxon: mammal[49], milk yielding animal[50]
  • Different from: Milch[51], cow's milk[52], sheep milk[53], water buffalo milk[54]

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for milk include Milky Way[55], a barred spiral galaxy[56]; Milka[57], a trademark[58], founded in 1943[59], headquartered in Lörrach[60]; Chi-Chi[61], a fictional human[62]; pilk[63], an internet meme[64], founded in 2020[65]; bar mleczny[66], in Poland[67]; and Milk River[68], a river[69], in United States[70].

Why It Matters

milk has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[71] milk is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[72]

Entities named for milk include Milky Way[55], a barred spiral galaxy[56]; Milka[57], a trademark[58], founded in 1943[59], headquartered in Lörrach[60]; Chi-Chi[61], a fictional human[62]; pilk[63], an internet meme[64], founded in 2020[65]; bar mleczny[66], in Poland[67]; and Milk River[68], a river[69], in United States[70].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Food Chemistry. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Food Chemistry. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . books.google.es. books.google.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [61] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [66] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [68] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [64] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [65] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [67] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [69] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [70] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [71] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [72] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh85085317
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Library of congress authority id: sh85085317"
  2. 9d ago · Powerek38 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-1isx-pfJx-Dubw
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'a
    Sitelink count → 255
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eska.pl topic id: tg-1isx-pfJx-Dubw, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/250713452|Mleko (#250713452)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7420|eska.pl topic]] "
  3. 10w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C115
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C115, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  4. 13w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 10835
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 10835, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167482256|MILK (#167482256)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mi"
  5. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4Mfrim, 3EqhwV
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 17w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 4189
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 4189, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107286359|milk (#107286359)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical D"
  7. 18w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
    Svkkl authority id → h0003920-mleko
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  8. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
    Subclass of → food, food ingredient, body fluid +5
    Instance of → class of anatomical entity
    Part of → yogurt, quark
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 38707, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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